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It is time to rally around our President and forego the constant
drumbeat of criticism that has been his lot on the world stage
ever since he discovered that foreign policy involves issues
beyond those of the Tex-Mex border.  About the Author  Robert
Scheer  Also by the Author    At a time when the US President is
out of sync with virtually every other nation in the world, it
ill behooves smart-alecky columnists to join in the chorus of
disapproval. A bit of empathy, please, for a leader who is so
painfully and publicly struggling with an extremely steep
learning curve. Nor is he doing all that badly for one who never
cared to travel abroad and rarely read up on foreign policy
issues before the Supreme Court suddenly anointed him President.
For someone who lost the popular vote by more than a half-
million ballots, he acts wit