"Let's look at the U.N. Look back to Rwanda: fail... Look back at Darfur: fail... Look back at the Balkans: partial fail..." Rudd told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television Wednesday. --So much for that "most powerful man in the world" yip-yap.
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UPDATE: Obama shamed into acting?
Apparently, "The One" isn't totally above taking advice...
“The turning point was really the Arab League statement on Saturday,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.I guess that bowing to Saudi Royalty thing just needed a little context.