Note red dress...
Posted on 05/04/2007 12:50:03 PM PDT by llevrok
(CBS/AP) Iran's foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.
"I don't know which woman he was afraid of, the woman in the red dress or the secretary of state," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday, regarding the actions of Iran's Manouchehr Mottaki.
Rice herself was questioned by reporters about the lack of a direct conversation with Mottaki, even though it appeared she was "chasing" him.
"Uh, well, you could ask him why he didn't make an effort," she replied. Then she laughed. "Look, I'm not given to chasing anyone."
So the face to face between Rice and Mottaki never happened, reports CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata. Instead, U.S. and Iranian delegations met at a lower, "expert" level, which while significant, is not a first.
"Our officials did, as they did in Baghdad, have an opportunity to exchange views about the substance of this meeting," Rice said.
The dinner episode Thursday night amid a major regional conference on Iraq perfectly revealed how hard it was to bring together the top diplomats of the two rival nations.
Going into the summit, the Iraqi government had hoped for a breakthrough meeting between Rice and Mottaki. Instead, their only direct contact was a wary exchange of pleasantries over lunch Thursday, punctuated by a wry, somewhat mysterious comment by Mottaki.
Mottaki walked out of the diplomats' dinner on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.
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Arm in arm?
That’s just wrong, lol. I would like to have seen the violinist in question as to better “assess” the situation. heh
He chickened out and ran away. What a p***y.
I wonder did Mottaki wet the bed as a child?
Does he feel inadequate?
Is he intimidated by women?
Has he ever been intimate with a goat?
Yikes!
I second!
Or maybe just too many women in the room all together.
Thinking exactly the same.
This is kind of funny to me, this Irani must not know that much about the American political scene to mistake Condi Rice for a stalker.
Women without burkas must really freak them out.
Bingo.
“Iran’s foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.”
He, he, heh. Well, that pretty much eliminates the possibility that Hillary will ever be able to negotiate with these people, if she’s elected President.
Yes, pictures would be particularly appropriate in this case.
Can someone explain to me why the lefty hippies defend countries like Iran?
I guess it’s just he straight-up anti-US sentiment, because these people would wilt under the oppression if they got within a 1,000 miles of Iran.
that should have been “too funny”, and “too stupid”.
Never try to type with a puppy in your lap.
Rice herself was questioned by reporters about the lack of a direct conversation with Mottaki, even though it appeared she was “chasing” him.
“Uh, well, you could ask him why he didn’t make an effort,” she replied. Then she laughed. “Look, I’m not given to chasing anyone.”
Trying to conjure up the embarassment of Madeline Albright ‘chasing’ Arafat and Chirac in Paris.
Don’t even try it, MSM!!!
Condi don’t chase nobody!!!
I think he really wanted a camel. Women are of no interest to him.
I guess he realized Condi had far bigger stones than he did. Or maybe it was she showed him a little knee.
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