[Bahbah]

"They were also angered by President Bush's absence from the summit."

Now why were they angered by President Bush's absence. Because they were sure that they could persuade him to their way of thinking. Or was it perhaps because they wanted the real big guy to jeer and yell at? President Bush has my utmost respect for not showing up at this carnival, or at Durbin.

[xJones]

Or was it perhaps because they wanted the real big guy to jeer and yell at?

Yes, and the best they got was Tony Blair and he left two hours early. Well, Mugabe, who is currently arranging a racist and Marxist starvation for Zimbabwe must have irritated him

What a pitiful farce, stuffed with lobsters and pate in a five-star hotel setting.