Diplomacy based on petulance

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on September 3, 2003). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

The Bush Administration continues to amaze me — they have an amazing ability to firmly put both feet in their mouth with their head up their ass.

From a press conference with Richard Boucher (I have no clue who he is, though):

QUESTION: Mr. Boucher, do you have anything on the proposal for the creation of a European Union military headquarters in Brussels independent of NATO — something that have angered the United States, according to reports?

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MR. BOUCHER: I’m not quite sure what proposal that is. You mean the one from the four countries that got together and had a little, bitty summit?

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QUESTION: That’s exactly it — and Belgium insisting to this —

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MR. BOUCHER: Yeah, the chocolate makers.

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(Laughter.)

What a wonderful little piece of diplomacy that is — deriding Belgium, France, Germany, and Luxembourg as “chocolate makers” and mocking their “little, bitty summit.”

Gov. Dean has issued a statement condemning the administration’s “foreign policy based on petulance“, a wonderful choice of words.

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