Bush's European allies pay heavy price

It's not easy being a faithful ally of president these days. Many world leaders who supported the American president in his Iraqi expedition, either politically or by contributing troops to the Iraqi campaign, have systematically found themselves voted out of a job.

In Italy this week Bush lost his staunchest European supporter ever with the defeat of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his conservative Forza Italia to centrist Romano Prodi and his alliance of Catholics, leftists and communists