As Chris just said to me, Bush is a one-man wrecking ball. He has destroyed most, if not all, of our key relationships around the world. The man is a one-man Al Qaeda recruiting machine. More from Reuters:
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East, joined the growing chorus of criticism, saying pictures of the execution were "revolting and barbaric."These are the folks we give billions to every year, and even they hate us now.
....In an interview with Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Mubarak said the timing was "unreasonable" and that he had written to Bush asking him to postpone the execution. The Iraqi government has said the U.S. envoy asked for a two-week delay.
"Then the pictures of the execution were revolting and barbaric, and I am not discussing here whether he deserved it or not. As for the trial, all experts in international law said it was an illegal trial because it was under occupation.
"Also, there was a conspiracy to carry out the execution before the end of the year," Mubarak said.
