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BALI, Indonesia -- In a hushed conference hall, as envoys from 186 nations looked on, the world's lone superpower took a tongue-lashing from its most powerless, nation after poor nation assailing the U.S. ''no'' on the document at hand. Then the delegate from Papua New Guinea leaned into his microphone.
''We seek your leadership,'' Kevin Conrad told the Americans. ''But if for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way.''
The U.N. climate conference exploded with applause, the U.S. delegation backed down, and the way was cleared Saturday for adoption of the ''Bali Roadmap,'' after a dramatic half-hour that set the stage for a grinding two years of climate talks to come.
U.S. booed at climate conference :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World
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So, some good old -fashioned booing for the Bush regime and people openly saying that America must wait for the Republicans to get their arses kicked out of office before America can get in step with the sanity march. Good. What a pity that America still managed to turn the conference into a farce.
The days of world 'leadership' are done, I believe. The king has no clothes.