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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No, all wrong - and way too much paranoia wrapped around your obsession with the (boogeyman) “feminism.”
I will submit to my fellow Christians and especially to my husband, in Christ. I hate violence and injustice, just as He taught.
However, I remember that Rahab, Deborah and Jael did the Lord’s work, in part to teach His men and in part to punish His enemies.
Dr. Rice has a job because of her work and sacrifice - and the talents the Lord gave her.
There’s certainly no reason for Dr. Rice to hide the gifts the Lord gave her or waste the talents He gave her to invest by burying them under a burka or inside the walls of her home.
I won’t submit to anyone who would cut off my head and the heads of my brothers and sisters in Christ for refusing to convert - or cover.
We won’t retreat from our Christian belief in equality and opportunity, no matter how many dinner parties Iranian men retreat from.
God may, but the Imams and Ayatollahs do not. For them, it's their way or getting stoned, hung or beheaded.
So, he will never change. Therefore, America must change. Hm....
I guess you think the women in Iraq and other muslim countries should be content with wearing burkas, being treated like cattle and considered less than any male. They have no voice, they must accept any cruelty the male in the family deems appropriate for their property.
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