Gaza
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/1…
"WASHINGTON — In an unusually public rebuke, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a phone call to President Bush.
“I said, ‘Get me President Bush on the phone,’ ” Mr. Olmert said in a speech in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, according to The Associated Press. “They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn’t care: ‘I need to talk to him now,’ ” Mr. Olmert continued. “He got off the podium and spoke to me.”
"Mr. Olmert claimed that once he made his case to Mr. Bush, the president called Ms. Rice and told her to abstain. “She was left pretty embarrassed,” Mr. Olmert said, according to The A.P.
The State Department disputed Mr. Olmert’s account. “Her recommendation was to abstain; that was her recommendation all along,” said an official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the delicate nature of the matter."
Arrogance
- America is Israel's lapdog. And we wonder why 9-11 happened.TheBlueOne
- I'm not sure why this was buried so far into the NYTsJosev
- You're right, we only have ourselves to blame for 9/11 right? I wonder if anyone in the world is to blame for anything besides the US and its allies.liveslow
- besides the US, Israel, and its allies.liveslow
- Yes, do jump on your hyperbole bandwagon.TheBlueOne
- like a miniature pincher?BattleAxe