See what happens when you lift a passage from an encyclopaedia without any critical thinking?

This is also an example of the lack of proactive diplomacy in the Bush Administration.

U.S. Apologizes for `Insulting' Berlusconi at G-8

Copy a not-so-neutral encyclopaedia article on the biography of one of your staunchest supporters, then distribute it to White House staff in preparation for one of the year's biggest conferences, and sit back and watch the media flak. Someone's head's going to roll over this one.