A whistle-ass diplomatic tour-de-force

[chaumont58]

This was posted on Atrios.blogspot.com. It is hard to believe, at least by me.

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States sneered at plans by four European countries to create an autonomous European military command headquarters near Brussels separate from NATO (news - web sites), referring to the idea's proponents as "chocolate makers."

In unusually blunt language that drew surprised gasps from reporters, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher scoffed at Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg for continuing to support the proposal that they first introduced at a mini-summit in April.

He described the April meeting as one between "four countries that got together and had a little bitty summit" and then referred to them collectively as "the chocolate makers."

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I thought atrios would take it down as a hoax, but its still there. There doesn't seem to be any bottom to the 'grown-ups.'

[sandnsea]

1. unreal isn't it?

I saw this posted someplace else, still hard to believe.

[LittleApple81]

2. It is not a hoax. Our government is a hoax.

This was discussed in DU at:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=94277

[Stephanie]

3. It was in the NY Times

Will look for link. Maybe the story on Bolton.

*edit* It was in M. Dowd:

• Dick Cheney and Rummy wanted to blow off multilateralism and snub what Bushies call "the chocolate-making countries": France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. But faced with untold billions in costs and mounting casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are beginning to see the advantages of sidekicks that know the perils of empire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/03/opinion/03DOWD.html