Is it just me or is his name alarmingly close to "douche-bag"?
And, regarding resemblances... |
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Bear in mind, diplomats often say things for the benefit of the opposing Party rather than the general public. It’s perfectly plausible that he’s trying to pacify or stroke Iran in order to make some diplomatic progress. If that goes over like a lead balloon to the general public...well, it’s better to make progress with Iran and take the darts from the proles than to curry international favor while losing geopolitical ground. |
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Jon Henke
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It’s perfectly plausible that he’s trying to pacify or stroke Iran Yes, it’s plausible. But it is far more likely that the man is dumber than a bag of sand AFAIAC. |
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My initial thoughts on the matter were the same as Jon’s. As a matter of fact, I felt almost certain that the first statement was exactly that: a way of buttering the slope to make it easier for Iran to actually help by making any push of Hizb’allah by Iran look statesmanlike and magnanimous.
Then someone pointed out that he is also the same guy that a while back seemed puzzled as to whether and why the UK didn’t ship British Jews to the concentration camps in WWII. To me, that pretty much swung the needle away from "diplomatic coyness" to "a case of extreme d*mb*ss."
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He is the French Howard Dean |
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kyle N
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If that goes over like a lead balloon to the general public...well, it’s better to make progress with Iran and take the darts from the proles than to curry international favor while losing geopolitical ground. Uh not entirely Jon.... IF the public repudiates the policy enunciated, then it is IRRELEVANT as to whether or not Iran is mollified. There is a very nice part of Taskforce by Middlebrook, IIRC, that makes the point that one of the problems that the British Foreign Office had was that it did NOT play politics in Parliament, whereas the the US State Dept. was always very conscious of the fact that ultimately Congress, and indirectly the public, had to buy into the policy(ies) proposed. So no, Foreign Policy and statements by the Foreign Minister MUST be couched in terms that are acceptable to the nation’s public. Now Foreign Affairs may not be on the top of the French public’s list or the public may accept the formulation of the French Minister, but no policy MUST be crafted with one eye cast over the minister’s shoulder. |
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Well, he undoubtedly went to the French university that turns out all it’s bureaucrats/politicians, so he must be some sort of near-perfect, big-brained French intellectual, so he has to be right. |
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Douste-Blazy /DOUST-eh Bla-ZEE/ is completely out of his depth. He had no previous foreign policy experience. The kind of dim bureaucrat appointed by an aging and discredited administration. A bit like Bolton, actually, in that both men look like muppets. |
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French JP
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Shoot, I was hoping it pronounced like Dusty Blazy.
Either a cowboy or a porn-star. |
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