From a New York Times editorial:
Fresh from his disastrous Latin American tour last week, President Bush is off again – this time to Japan, South Korea, China and even Mongolia, presumably to thank the latter for the 131 soldiers it is contributing to America’s Iraq efforts. “My visit should send a signal to the people of Mongolia that you’ve got a friend in the United States and a friend in George W. Bush,” the president recently told an American Christian and Mongolian TV station.
The White House seems to have trouble finding uncomplicated nations that support America’s Iraq policy to which Air Force One can be pointed. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was in Mongolia only a few weeks ago, expressing American gratitude for the same soldiers. We wish the president a nice trip, but before he gets to Mongolia, he has some other work to do: getting America’s critically important relationship with China back on track.
