Spinning on the Axis of Evil

It was never going to be long before the Whitehouse Muppet had another go at destroying the planet. This time apparently it's his ego in the face of the United Nations that seems to be at the root of it.

Shortly before the G8 summit Bush decides that it would be a good idea to launch his own climate change agenda, outside of that which has been painstakingly put together by the UN, effectively destroying any chance of making progress in the immediate future. Clearly this is a diversionary tactic - but why?

We can only presume - apart from his already proven stupidity, Christian fundamentalist credentials and arrogance, that he wants to avoid being seen to make a U-turn, particularly after the hard time that the UN gave him over Iraq. If climate change were not such a serious issue there would be some satisfaction to be had from gloating over his fuckwit behaviour.

The question remains, however, how many of the major developed nations will follow the Bush administration's lead in favour of the UN. Not many I would imagine - and I suspect that when the history books are written the Bush era will be seen as a watershed marking the point at which the wane of America as a world power became irreversible.

Let's hope so - the planet cannot afford another Bush.