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Bush to Go Overseas Again for Key Talks

Fresh off an 8-day trip to Asia, the president is heading back out again. Can you smell the desperation in the air?

His asking for help would be a good thing if I really thought he understood the stakes. People are saying it might be too little, too late. I still don't believe the president understands that victory in Iraq is slipping out of reach. He has to be willing to apologize to world leaders for the invasion, fall on his sword, beg if he has to, say and do whatever it takes to convince world leaders that helping to stabilize Iraq would be in their best interest. Time is almost up.
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Iran and Syria are trying to assert influence in stabilizing Iraq without American involvement, and tensions in the region increased further last week with the assassination of a Cabinet member in the U.S.-backed democratic government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora — a killing some have blamed on Syria. Also, sectarian attacks in Iraq have surged in recent days.

Jordan's King Abdullah said Sunday that tensions in the Middle East go beyond the war in Iraq and that much of the region soon could become engulfed in violence unless the central issues are addressed quickly.

"We could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands," he said on ABC's "This Week," citing conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and the decades-long strife between the Palestinians and Israelis.

At the NATO gathering Tuesday and Wednesday in Riga, Latvia, Bush will press for a heavier financial and military commitment from many of the alliance's 26 members and urge an easing of restrictions by individual countries on what their troops can and cannot do, according to administration officials.

The president also will call for inviting major non-NATO members Australia, Japan and South Korea to play a larger role in the alliance's activities.
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  • November 27, 2006
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