Posted on 11/28/2008 8:31:30 PM PST by bruinbirdman
"Do you know what it means to be alone faced with all these Arabs ?" Mr Sarkozy asked. "To have them on the telephone? Arabs are difficult to deal with, you know."
The Reflex weekly published excerpts of what it claimed was the verbatim account of Mr Sarkozy's meeting with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek in France on Oct 31, based on a document drawn up by the Czech embassy in Paris.
According to the document, which Reflex said it received from a diplomat, Mr Sarkozy made a politically incorrect attempt to persuade Mr Topolanek to let him remain at the helm of the new Mediterranean Union throughout Prague's EU presidency, which starts on Jan 1. The Czech Republic should automatically chair the Union from then on.
"Do you know what it means to be alone faced with all these Arabs ?" Mr Sarkozy asked. "To have them on the telephone? Arabs are difficult to deal with, you know."
"Yes I know," the Czech prime minister is reported to have replied. "I've had occasion to experience it. We have had a few problems in the (Middle)
East. But I know why you're saying that: the Mediterranean Union is your baby. Without France's money, it wouldn't survive."
Mr Sarkozy launched the "Club Med" - a union bringing together the EU, Israel and countries around the Mediterranean rim, in July in a bid to foster ties and build concrete projects like cutting sea pollution.
According to the document, the French president then proposed a deal: "Listen to me. You become leader of Eastern Europe. You'll need me. I'll still be in power, I'm not ready to leave. Who do you think I prefer? Angela (Merkel) or you? I'll help you and I'm sure that at the end of your presidency, you'll have
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Obama is difficult to deal with.
WE would all have so much more respect for Sarkozy if he had proclaimed that Arabs were a delightful bunch of honest, straightforward, generous, benevolent leaders working for peace and freedom around the world.
His sarcasm would have been applauded.
Mr Sarkozy launched the "Club Med" - a union bringing together the EU, Israel and countries around the Mediterranean rim, in July in a bid to foster ties and build concrete projects like cutting sea pollution.Thanks Val. By difficult to deal with, he probably refers to Arab attempts to get Israel excluded from the organization.
That is funny...more respect for Sarkozy...how about NO RESPECT for the POS Sarkozy. Another in a long line of EurocRATS...
Like it or not, Sarkozy will be the de facto leader of the Free World, once Obama takes office.
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