Surely the Bush administration is the clumsiest in recent memory, with Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld torpedoing Colin Powell's attempts to persuadeandconvince with their brusque language and offensive lack of respect for other countries?
What I want to know is whether the United States, as a major contributor to the IMF, would support the new elected Greek government in their efforts, in the Greek efforts to convince, to persuade Europeans and the IMF to ease the austerity measures and to boost -- to take steps towards growth -- towards boosting growth.