That pretty much sums up my feelings on this as well.
My first reaction was to fault Bush for involving ImpBill in any official capacity in his administration, but it does get him away from any important foreign policy issues, and gets him away from America for a while.
I can only hope that the usual fawning press is so upset about being sent to this small out of the way place that they will be disinterested in making a big deal of it.