If so, this is shortsighted.

But America s glee is shortsighted.

This outlook is understandable, but shortsighted.

But this thinking is tremendously shortsighted.

The ECB s policymakers are not blind, merely shortsighted.

But that may prove to be a shortsighted reaction.

But our increasingly shortsighted financial markets stand between the two.

This neglect is not only shortsighted, but may also prove dangerous.

This kind of policy is ironic, absurd, and shortsighted all at once.

But turning a blind eye is shortsighted, for America and for the Saudis.

The Europeans have no Japan policy at all, not even a shortsighted one.

But if Iran is playing for time, its behavior is shortsighted and foolish.

They didn t claim that what he said was inaccurate, or shortsighted, or analytically unsound.

But we also need to examine our responses closely, or risk repeating our shortsighted behavior.

Shortsighted politicians like Bush often skimp on long term investments in favor of short term advantage.

Countries around the world are embracing shortsighted policies that cater to the immediate needs of domestic constituencies.

Finally, all countries likely have been shortsighted, imagining that silence will gain them commercial favors from China.

European attitudes may seem shortsighted to Americans, but it would need a lot of cajoling to change them.

Twenty years of such shortsighted policies, whatever the party in power, have fueled government debt, hindering private investment.

Now, Yanukovich seems determined for the most shortsighted of motives to weaken Ukraine fatally as an energy transit country.

Now, Yanukovych seems determined for the most shortsighted of motives to weaken Ukraine fatally as an energy transit country.

Still, any satisfaction at the problems the US is undergoing in Iraq is shortsighted and sure to be short lived.

Government at both the federal and state levels was invariably regarded as slow, indecisive, corrupt, unimaginative, and shortsighted in general, worthless.

Choices must be made, and choices matter. Shortsighted politicians like Bush often skimp on long term investments in favor of short term advantage.

The international community must resist shortsighted calls to withdraw from middle income nations on the ground that they could now go it alone.

Despite the obvious imbalance with the US in terms of modern armaments, it would be shortsighted to ignore China's own formidable military hardware.

Unfortunately, such repression has been merely reactive and shortsighted, with no clear long term vision about the nature of Islamic education in the West.

They lamented how the science in the final document had been relegated to a footnote, stressing how shortsighted, national self interest had won out.

Kennan recognized this tendency decades ago, when he warned that shortsighted policies at home and abroad had already put America in a vulnerable position.

A shortsighted decision on the part of the Tung government will have serious negative repercussions not only in Hong Kong, but for Taiwan and around the world.

NEW YORK Nothing illustrates better the political crosscurrents, special interests, and shortsighted economics now at play in Europe than the debate over the restructuring of Greece s sovereign debt.

This policy reflects a shortsighted ambition to promote markets rather than the direct and over riding goals of saving lives and removing bottlenecks to long term economic development.

Therefore, I consider the best instrument in this situation to be sanctions against companies who turned out to be shortsighted enough to join this project , the official noted.

Greece may account for less than 2 of eurozone GDP, but the pursuit of shortsighted ad hoc solutions to its problems may set precedents that could bring down the entire monetary union.

But this is obviously a shortsighted approach, for a Japan that is tied exclusively to America will lose, not gain, against China in the region, thus making the balancing act even harder.

For me, those who keep saying that they love the country or those who change the national flag into their leader s portrait are most likely evil people whose version of patriotism is shortsighted and twisted.

The US administration, fashionably worried over China s growing regional influence, seems quite happy with a closely tied Japan that could help balance China. But this is obviously a shortsighted approach, for a Japan that is tied exclusively to America will lose, not gain, against China in the region, thus making the balancing act even harder.

Rather than giving away bed nets, rich country organizations like the United States Agency for International Development try to sell them to the extreme poor, albeit at heavily discounted prices. This policy reflects a shortsighted ambition to promote markets rather than the direct and over riding goals of saving lives and removing bottlenecks to long term economic development.

Unilateralism seems very expedient to shortsighted politicians, for it obviates the need for what they perceive as the mess of actual negotiations that is, meeting their counterparts face to face and discovering the human results of their policies. Going it alone also seems politically advantageous domestically, because leaders can decide how much and how far they want to carry out a particular policy.