March 10, 2005

ROVE HAS TO BE PUTTING THEM UP TO THIS

Bush's pick for U.N. envoy gets Europe fretting (Beth Gardiner, Chicago Sun Times, 3/9/05)

''Talk about reopening old wounds,'' said Francois Heisbourg, director of the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research think tank. ''This sends entirely the wrong message.'' . . .

''This is an extremely bad message that Bush has submitted to the neo-conservatives,'' said Imad Shoueibi, a Syrian political analyst in Damascus. ''They should have a more moderate figure representing them at the United Nations, but instead they have one of the most radical.''

Posted by David Cohen at March 10, 2005 1:55 PM
Comments

All of this media chit chat about the next U.N. rep. (!) can only mean that things that actually matter are going well...

Posted by: curt at March 10, 2005 2:06 PM

If Bush really wanted to cause distress, he could have nominated Jesse himself.

Posted by: jim hamlen at March 10, 2005 2:21 PM

That quote from the Syrian is priceless. It doesn't matter whether he reflects the administration's policies. What matters is that he is in tune with UN politesse

"I say, Reggie, it isn't his socialism that bothers me, it's that he talks politics before the port. Not people like us"

Posted by: Peter B at March 10, 2005 2:24 PM

"This sends entirely the wrong message . . . not what we wanted to hear at all."

Posted by: Mike Morley at March 10, 2005 2:31 PM

I think it's exactly the message that we wanted to send.

Posted by: Bartman at March 10, 2005 2:45 PM

Ticking off France and Syria. Talk about hitting the Daily Double.

Posted by: Bart at March 11, 2005 8:56 AM
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