And people wonder why I get grumpy.

These conflicts don't appear to be sooooo difficult as Darfur/Iran/Iraq, but the EU hasn't solved them. Why?

Because it's complicated and difficult and takes time and patience.

We don't expect to fix things quickly. The trick is trying not to make them worse while you try to find a solution.

The EU should bring peace to Bosnia and withdraw its troops rather than babysit for decades.

Doesn't work like that though, does it? What would the consequences of pulling out be?

Colman criticizes US failures and blames it on their stupidity; not just on Bush, another party in power would not make a difference, hes wrote.

Well, since the current "opposition" party seems to be scared to criticise the basis of the Bush policies that seems to be a reasonable conclusion. The Iraq war wasn't badly executed it was a bad idea that could never have worked. The Democratic party are so afraid of appearing "weak on terror" that I have little hope they'll pursue sensible policies anytime soon.