Unless his arm is twisted painfully, Herr Bush is going to be present at the opening of the summer Olympics in Beijing. No Gordon Brown nor Angela Merkel nor Ban Kee Moon is he. He falls back on the fallacious argument of quiet diplomacy. We know what quiet diplomacy is. Look at the Reagan's policy towards apartheid South Africa as a sterling example of winking. Herr Reagan spoke of quiet diplomacy which didn't get him very far in leveraging the US' might on Pretoria!
Herr Bush will wend his merry way to Beijing. And you've to wonder is his strong words on China's repression in Tibet worth the paper they're printed on? Hardly, we dare say!
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