Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2014 4:30:13 GMT -8
EU insult: Careless talk requires a diplomatic reassignment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The appearance on the Internet last week of a recorded phone conversation between two State Department officials on who should become prime minister of Ukraine is an embarrassing reflection on U.S. diplomacy under President Barack Obama.
The Jan. 25 conversation, which also included profanity aimed at the European Union, was between Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria J. Nuland and Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt. The talk dealt with whom the United States wants Ukraine President Viktor F. Yanukovych to choose as prime minister and contained candid comments on the merits of the various possibilities.
In the first place, the Ukrainian president’s choice for prime minister is none of America’s business (nor Russia’s, for that matter).
Second, in the course of the conversation, Ms. Nuland, a former State Department spokesperson, used a four-letter word for an anatomical impossibility that she said could be done to the European Union. Yet good U.S. relations with the EU are her highest priority as the department’s head of European affairs. How does she face EU officials in the future after making this vulgar insult?
more: www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2014/02/09/EU-insult/stories/201402080003#ixzz2svAoOdMv
In order to do her job Ms. Nuland needs to have a good working relationship with the EU. Thus the fact that she ran her potty mouth on an open line proves she isn't smart enough to do her damn job. Her job requires "diplomacy" not a proclivity for expletives. Not very bright is she? We keep hearing from the feminists about how the world would be a better place if women ran things. I've yet to see any proof of that.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The appearance on the Internet last week of a recorded phone conversation between two State Department officials on who should become prime minister of Ukraine is an embarrassing reflection on U.S. diplomacy under President Barack Obama.
The Jan. 25 conversation, which also included profanity aimed at the European Union, was between Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria J. Nuland and Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt. The talk dealt with whom the United States wants Ukraine President Viktor F. Yanukovych to choose as prime minister and contained candid comments on the merits of the various possibilities.
In the first place, the Ukrainian president’s choice for prime minister is none of America’s business (nor Russia’s, for that matter).
Second, in the course of the conversation, Ms. Nuland, a former State Department spokesperson, used a four-letter word for an anatomical impossibility that she said could be done to the European Union. Yet good U.S. relations with the EU are her highest priority as the department’s head of European affairs. How does she face EU officials in the future after making this vulgar insult?
more: www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2014/02/09/EU-insult/stories/201402080003#ixzz2svAoOdMv
In order to do her job Ms. Nuland needs to have a good working relationship with the EU. Thus the fact that she ran her potty mouth on an open line proves she isn't smart enough to do her damn job. Her job requires "diplomacy" not a proclivity for expletives. Not very bright is she? We keep hearing from the feminists about how the world would be a better place if women ran things. I've yet to see any proof of that.
