Well, no wonder Karen Hughes has sucked as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs:

Threatened abroad, U.S. diplomats have been hit with unprecedented security restrictions, confining many to fortress-like compounds and frustrating Bush administration efforts to get out and counter anti-U.S. sentiment.

Lockdowns and prohibitions on travel now apply to Americans posted to embassies and consulates in at least 28 nations, according to an Associated Press survey of State Department warnings, internal directives and officials. More than half the nations are identified as key to curbing the spread of militant Islam.

Karen really wants to do her job. She just can’t. It’s hard. Didn’t President Bush tell you people that at a State of the Union? It’s difficult. She really does want to make people love us — she just doesn’t have the balls to (and, no, that’s not anti-woman).

It’s really Condi’s fault anyway. She won’t let Karen leave.