Balancing the good, the bad, and the ugly with Bush

ARTICLE: "In Global Battle On AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy," by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 5 January 2007, p. A1.

EDITORIAL: "Rehabilitating Libya," New York Times, 5 January 2007, p. A20.

We hear constantly about the "ugly' with Bush, and there's way too much to explore there. But there's plenty of "okay" (like Libya, which we scared out of its nuke program but not into a particularly good space so long as the old man lives on, as well as Kyoto, which finally moves into more sensible space on including rising Asia) and some notable goods (I love the Millennium Challenge model of focusing on threshold status for emerging markets and Bush's legacy on both AIDS overseas and handling China is really wonderfully positive).

So give the man and the administration some due.

Comments

[Jonathan Starr]

I seem to remember that Bush promised $ 1 Bn for AIDS treatments for Africa and then never followed through. What legacy are you talking about?

[Jimmy J.]

Jonathan, read Ms Stolberg's editorial.