Pissing off Turkey & China within a single week
Excellent blog by the always-informative Thomas Barnett regarding the twin acts of stupidity, one by the Dem-controlled Congress, the other by the White House. The criticism is sound: the Dems look backward and bring up a controversial topic that insults the Turks. The White House compounds that strategic stupidity & ticks off the Chinese gov (the potential powerful ally of the future; as in, in a future administration & Congress).
Title of blog entry says it all: “Unsatisfied with angering Turks just when we need them most on Iraq, U.S. now does same with China just when we need them most on Iran and North Korea.”