Yeah, maybe we should. Too many people on FR go postal every time a story like this appears and they look very foolish when it turns out that the media is distorting what was actually said.
When you look at this, you can see it is Bush being the way he usually is: self deprecating and modest. The weird spin comes from Roto-Rooters, which likes to do selective quotes surrounded by heavy editorializing.
As for the preachers of hate having a more aggressive "diplomacy" than the good guys, he's right - mainly because they get the support of the world press and media, and we don't. That's something that we should try to change, although I honestly don't know how anybody could ever get the press to be favorable or even fair about the US.
LOL. You'd think they'd figure it out after a while, huh?
too many people are willing to overlook every wrong thing Bush does on here too...like giving 20 mil to the Palis for instance... it's definitely emperor's new clothes around here concering Bush...