[mysto]

To which Sharansky replied, "Now you are the chief dissident of the world."
Well, if people like Chirac and Schroeder are in the mainstream of world political thought, then thank God we have a "dissident" as our President!

[My2Cents]

I think that was Sharansky's point -- Bush is the true revolutionary, the true dissident, the true visionary, in regard to coming up against the "business as usual" attitudes that prevade the diplomatic community. Bush decided after 9-11 that the "status quo" was a highway to disaster.