Chirac on Bush and "EU affairs"..."none of his business"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The president continues to spread goodwill, strengthen alliances and piss off anyone with ears and eyes.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=10&u=/nm/20040629/ts_nm/bush_turkey_eu_dc



"Including Turkey in the EU would prove that Europe is not the exclusive club of a single religion, and it would expose the 'clash of civilizations' as a passing myth of history," Bush said.

Chirac said on Monday that Bush should not comment on Turkey's EU entry hopes as EU affairs were none of his business.

"If President Bush really said that the way I read it, well, not only did he go too far but he went into a domain which is not his own," Chirac told reporters at the summit.

"It is like me trying to tell the United States how it should manage its relations with Mexico," he added.

[jay-3d]

1. no shit

What arrogance, Seems like foreign leaders dislike him on a personal level. He is a Terrible diplomat.

[Worst Username Ever]

2. Or as Bush would say, "Diplomacist.,"

[lectrobyte]

3. Most condescending: Europe is not the exclusive club of a single religion

who ever said it was? So many questions, so little time. Doesn't * have anyone to write a speech for him? Why do they set up these silly strawmen all the time? Does * think this kind of stuff appeals to his base or something? I just don't get it at all.

[peacefreak]

4. Good for Chirac

Guess Babs never taught Jr. to MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. And he's certainly not doing that very well.

[PA Democrat]

5. Psst! Uh, George, there are Muslims living in EU

member countries right now.

Including Turkey in the EU would prove that Europe is not the exclusive club of a single religion, and it would expose the 'clash of civilizations' as a passing myth of history," Bush said.

[Jacobin]

8. Huh? "Are there still blacks in Brazil?"

My favorite Bushism* jewel of idiocy. He actually asked that question of the president of Brazil shortly after he stole the WH.

[Kong]

6. Jesus Christ! Hand That Boy A Map

George, here's a clue for you buddy: Europe is a single region.

So is Asia

So is North America

So is South America

So is Africa

So is the Antartic

So is Australia

Each of the is what you might call a signle region. Some of us call them the 7 continents.

[Suspicious]

7. Turkey's leadership needs to clean up its act, first.

Bush held up Turkey as an example of a Muslim democracy and said its entry to the EU would be "a crucial advance in relations between the Muslim world and the West, because you are part of both."

What? An example of Muslim democracy? Kurdish people in the region might take exception to that statement.

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/15/turkey8816.htm

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