July 17, 2006
Billmon The BBC has posted a transcript of the chat between Bush and Blair that was accidently captured on tape. The completely non-surprising thing about it is how inarticulate and scatter brained both Bush and Blair sound -- like a couple of dopeheads discussing their favorite recipes for hash brownies, instead of two world leaders trying to deal with a serious Middle East crisis.
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Tue Jul 18, 2006
Reuters British Prime Minister Tony Blair was roundly mocked as a U.S. poodle on Tuesday after an off-the-cuff chat with President George W. Bush was accidentally broadcast.
Bush and Blair enjoyed a gossip over lunch at the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg on Monday, unaware that a microphone in front of them was switched on and their words would be relayed around the world. Breaking with diplomatic formalities, Bush hailed Blair, his closest European ally, with the words "Yo, Blair." His solution to the Middle East crisis was that Syria should press Hizbollah to "stop doing this shit." Comment: What really fills us with confidence here is the utter lack of professionalism and awareness of the intricacies of the Middle Eastern conflict shown by Bush in his summation get Syria to "stop doing this shit". In all seriousness, we could easily expect more of a couple of teenagers. With this kind of mentality behind world politics, we can safely say that we are all going to die.
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Juan Cole
18/07/2006 |
Created: 18.07.2006 15:37 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:37 MSK
MosNews Russia's law-enforcement and security agencies have thwarted the intention of terrorists and extremists to disrupt the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, BBC reported Tuesday.
"The plans and designs of the leaders of terrorist and extremist organizations to wreck the summit in St. Petersburg were identified in good time and prevented," the third session of the National Antiterrorism Committee was told today by its chairman Nikolay Patrushev. |
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