Triple? Oh, I meant a third...

Brookings reports that Bush has increased aid to sub-Saharan Africa by 56% (or 33% excluding food and security) rather than by triple as he has claimed...

As I pointed out in a recent post related to Darfur, Bush scribbled "Not on my watch" in the margins of a final report on Rwanda that was given to him at the beginning of his term. Well, not only has he let Darfur go on during his watch, he has abdicated moral leadership on HIV in Africa as well. You can say a lot of negative things about Tony Blair, but at least he is not so obtuse as to miss that one...