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A lack of diplomatic finesse : Comments

By Kourosh Ziabari, published 5/5/2010

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan has much to learn about the fine art of diplomacy.

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Well I spose Iran deserves the right of response, albeit with a propaganda pitch, to balance out the Israeli propaganda we know and love :)
Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 2:20:38 PM
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Well, if the UAE is indeed an ally of the USA, Zionists and Brits, you would not expect to hear much sense from their foreign minister, with or without finesse.

Collectively, through their government, the USA seem to lead the world in hypocrisy and stupidity on many matters. Take for example one of today's news items on Al Jazeera that reveals their president is urging them to give $205million to Israel so that Israel can speed up development of an anti-missile defense system. This is the Israel that, by its presence and arrogant behaviour, causes more trouble in the middle east than any other country; the only one in the region to have nuclear weapons; the one which consistently defies UN resolutions, mistreats and murders its Palestinian neighbours, refuses to stay within the boundaries the UN set when it over-generously gave away Arab land for the very establishment of Israel. This is the Israel that sends its secret service to assassinate its enemies abroad, the Israel that tried to sink a USA navy ship (see http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ussliberty.html ), the one that has frustrated US and UN attempts to bring peace to the middle east over at least 40 years.

Yet now the USA is considering giving $205million for more armaments to Israel, instead of to Israel's neighbours. The $205million is in addition to annual US assistance to Israel. According to the US state department, US military aid to Israel in 2009 totalled $2.55bn.

The USA either has no intention of bringing peace and justice to the middle east, or has no idea of how to go about it. I am sickened whenever I hear Australian politicians ally our country with them.
Posted by Forkes, Sunday, 16 May 2010 11:02:52 AM
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