WASHINGTON - In what critics are calling its latest slap at women and multilateralism, the administration of US President George W Bush announced on Friday that the US$34 million Congress had earmarked for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA; formerly the UN Fund for Population Activities) will be used for other purposes.
The decision, which marks the third year in a row the administration has withheld congressionally appropriated funding to UNFPA, was not unexpected, particularly given the administration's efforts to fire up its Christian-right-wing base in advance of November's presidential election.
But at the same time, it belies recent attempts by Bush himself to reassure US allies abroad that his administration may be somewhat less inclined to go it alone on the international stage in light of the setbacks its unilateralism has suffered in Iraq.
It's easy enough to write this off as political pandering, that's bad. I fear reality is worse; George W.(Wet Brain)Bush in his alcohol induced Christian rapture actually believes this stuff.
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