In the midst of this escalating crisis in the middle east, at least one can be assured that the worlds leaders are swinging their great diplomatic brains into gear in an attempt to resolve the situation...
Well... almost all of them... caught on mic in a private conversation with Tony Blair, George W was heard to say...
You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over.To read the whole transcript... go here
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Mark,
I'm a little more concerned that CNN.com listed this story above news of the actual attacks and Indonesian tsunami this morning! Heaven forbid our press cover...well, news.
Perhaps the States will manage to stay out of this one? It looks as if we're already charging our citizens to repatriate: http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/07/email_from_beir.html
Posted by: Scott Andreas | 18/07/2006 at 04:25
this is truly scary...
Posted by: cheryl | 18/07/2006 at 06:57
I saw the conversation on More4 news last night. Renewed my thinking that, deep down, Tony is a good bloke and George W is a nutter!
Posted by: Phil Smith | 18/07/2006 at 09:49
Thought it made Tony (whom I do think is at heart a 'good bloke') look weak... Being called "Blair" by GW - very patronising, the way GW kept eating hardly looking round at TB, interupting him etc... and just the way TB spoke... very subserviant... some very interesting body language going on!
Posted by: Mark Berry | 18/07/2006 at 11:31
Scott, I totally agree... with both your points (that the media often has the agenda screwed and that I hope the US keeps out of it!)... I guess one of the reasons this cock-up made headline news is that in these days of 'media-management' or Spin as call it... we rarely get a window on what the politicians are REALLY thinking (or in Bush's case IS he thinking!?)! SO to see behind the news conference poidia gives us a glimpse at how the world is being (mis)managed!
Posted by: Mark Berry | 18/07/2006 at 12:38