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I'm guessing there are a million tiny problems which now have to be papered over. Example: there was a public insult to the President of France, which no doubt

by hugh3 16y ago

I'm guessing there are a million tiny problems which now have to be papered over. Example: there was a public insult to the President of France, which no doubt then obliges the US Ambassador to Paris to bend over backwards to make nice with Mr Sarkozy all over again. Meanwhile, a similar scene will be played out in every embassy across the world as the State Department is forced into damage control mode across a hundred or so different fronts. It is, however, not nearly as disastrous as it was made to sound prior to the actual leak.

jonhendry 16y ago
"Meanwhile, a similar scene will be played out in every embassy across the world as the State Department is forced into damage control mode across a hundred or so different fronts." Perhaps, but that's really just opportunism by the various governments. After all, they know that they often turn around and criticize/mock/denigrate the Americans they meet. This sort of behavior by diplomatic staff has been going on since before the invention of "diplomatic staff". And they all know it.