New Book Critical of Pre-Iraq Diplomacy

A new book by Chile's ambassador to the United Nations claims that in the months before Shock and Awe the Bush administration threatened otherwise friendly nations that did not support the invasion. The ambassador, Heraldo Muñoz, claims that the administration launched an aggressive diplomatic campaign that threatened trade reprisals, included spying on allies, and even called for the removal of U.N. envoys that did not endorse the war.

The book, A Solitary War: A Diplomat's Chronicle of the Iraq War and Its Lessons will be published next month. In the book, Muñoz wrote, "In the aftermath of the invasion, allies loyal to the United States were rejected, mocked and even punished" for refusing to back military action against Iraq.

Jeremy Zogby, writing on Huffington Post, looks at how the cowboy diplomacy of George W. Bush makes life difficult, to varying degrees, for the three remaining Presidential candidates, should they make it to the Oval Office.