President Bush, Without Irony, “Assails Democratic Candidates’ Foreign Policy Views”

Meeting with dictators sends the wrong signal, he says

From “Bush Assails Democratic Candidates’ Foreign Policy Views,” published today in the Washington Post, with links added for clarification:

“Sitting down at the table, having your picture taken with a tyrant…lends the status of the office and the status of our country to him,” Bush said yesterday. “He gains a lot from it by saying, ‘Look at me, I’m now recognized by the President of the United States.'”