However, he further undermined his rapidly deteriorating position with a series of foreign policy blunders.

The result of Qasim's foreign policy blunders was to further weaken his position.

He called it "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out."

The Bank of Japan has been tarnished by policy blunders over the years and is under pressure to restore its credibility.

They will end as they have in the past - because of a major policy blunder or shock from abroad.

When a political figure has earned that trust, we are told, the public will forgive him diplomatic gaffes, policy blunders, even bad luck.

As a result, the likelihood of a whopping policy blunder seems relatively low.

The policy blunder in the appeasement years - 1989 and 1990 - is now obvious.

Unfortunately, after three years of policy blunders in Iraq, Washington may no longer have the political or military capital to prevail.

Chalk that horror up to persistent policy blunders here and abroad.