Posted on 02/08/2014 6:01:48 AM PST by Altenkrug
Germany's Angela Merkel has said a US official's apparent insult of the EU's efforts to mediate in the Ukraine crisis is "totally unacceptable".
Victoria Nuland has apologised after she referred disparagingly to the EU's role during a conversation said to be with the US ambassador to Ukraine.
Germany's Angela Merkel has said a US official's apparent insult of the EU's efforts to mediate in the Ukraine crisis is "totally unacceptable".
Victoria Nuland has apologised after she referred disparagingly to the EU's role during a conversation said to be with the US ambassador to Ukraine.
A recording of the exchange was posted online, with the US hinting at Russia's involvement in bugging and leaking it.
The EU and US are involved in talks to end months of unrest in Ukraine.
The video, which lasts for four minutes and 10 seconds, was entitled "Maidan's puppets" in Russian - a reference to the square in Kiev, where pro-EU protests have been held for months.
The two people also discuss their dealings with Ukraine's three main opposition leaders - Vitaly Klitschko, Arseniy Yatseniuk and Oleh Tyahnybok and their attempts to encourage them to work together.
However, the female speaker says that Mr Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxing world champion, should not be in any new government. "I don't think it's a good idea."
She adds: "I think Yats [Arseniy Yatseniuk] is the guy who's got the economic experience."
US officials refused to confirm or deny the tape's authenticity and EU officials refused to comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
The original recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM#t=89
Between NSA tapping your phone and Victoria Nuland ripping you, what’s a soft target to do?
So, Moscow releases phone conversations of our top diplomats. Does anyone really think that Putin hasn’t seen His Highness’s college transcripts?
How would John Wayne’s character McLintock have responded “Nuland can’t help telling the the truth, she’s ignorant!”
Ignorant just like the majority of Obama’s selections.
The Bozo is nudging the country and the world towards chaos. Starter Question for one point: “Can he finish the job before leaving his job?”
I like watching the jerks picking who the new leader needs to be.
Ah, Spoken like a true leftist democrat and Obama acolyte... no wonder American prestige is, No more...
The real story is that our diplomats talk to each other like high school sophomores on less-than-secure lines.
She apologized for the EU comment but not for making flipent decisions about who should hold Ukrainian government positions. When is she going to apologize to Klitschko?
“...jerks picking who the new leader needs to be...”
Yes, high-minded but incompetent zip-wads deciding who leads other countries using the tone of a Valley Girl.
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