I am no supporter of President George W. Bush. I voted against him twice and would vote against him again if given the chance. I believe that he has done irreparable harm to the United States and to the world and that he has left a mess that future generations will have to clean up. Not to put too fine a point on it, but he has been a terrible president.
That said, I am pleased to see president Bush press the other leaders of the G8 to honor their commitments to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria on the continent. On this point he is right, and in asking the other leaders of the world's most prominent industrialized nations to match the commitments President Bush has made is taking the sort of leadership that his administration has so often lacked.
