It's hard for me as an observer to believe that either of these appointments are serious or lasting ones. Is this Europe's equivalent of Germany's pre Hitler Weimar Republic?Both of these individuals are relatively unknown. It is safe to say that neither have extensive diplomatic nor military expertise. I will be posting more as I learn more. Javier Solana said in the interview I posted in my last post that he would be active as "advisor" to his successor. I rather suspect with this one he will be running the entire show. Games are being played here. I am not entirely sure what they are. I'll bet Tony Blair is wondering the same thing!
UPDATE: The only one more perplexed by it than me are the Brits. Of course, the only ones more perplexed by Javier Solana's 1995 NATO appointment were the Spaniards. I thought I'd seen it all. I was wrong. Here's a British press reaction:
Well she’s the EU’s new High Representative for foreign affairs it would seem, despite never having been elected to anything in her life and with most of her experience in politics being as a health service panjandrum in Hertfordshire.
She’s also married to YouGov pollster Peter Kellner, which may mean something or nothing - probably nothing.
Tony Blair didn’t get the president’s job of course, losing out to Herman van Rompuy of Belgium. Well at least Herman didn’t invade Iraq.
But as for the good baroness….I listened to about three hours of BBC reports on the matter tonight and they didn’t seem to know who she was either.
An appointment straight out of Lewis Carrol.
Stay tuned!
CONSTANCE
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 204 of 204I think there probably is some truth about the British elitists, Anonymous 2:32. It is something very occult, hard to find. One can find a fact here, a fact there, a lineage here, a lineage there. They are very good at concealing it, so....
My own family on both sides detested the British. One one side, Jacobins going back to the 11th century, that is, Stewart followers. On the other side, poor Irish starved by the potato famine, deliberately starved by the elite Brits who didn't like Irish Catholics. Always Catholic on both sides, although I am not Catholic now, or don't think I am anyway (lol).
Yes, the Brits probably did it.
Mariel
Excuse me, Anonymous 2:52. I called you 2:32. Get a "handle".
Rob in London and Anon,
I think lot of it boils down to cultural differences and cultural (mis)understanding. That's life! We speak the same, or near enough the same, language as the Americans but our cultural outlook has always been somewhat different. Not better, not worse, just different.
I agree completely, culture differences plays a big part at the best of times. How much more we speak in text, when we don't see each other face to face. We can't read there expressions, it makes it difficult and at times we just need to sit back and read in between the lines and really see beyond what the person is try to convey with out slandering or malice.
We are all different Praise God with different personalities and God given at that.. lets encourage one another not pulling down. but holding fast to the word of God and putting Him first in our life.
Lets be more than conquerors. Rom 8:37-39.
Gods Peace to all.
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My you be filled with peace, joy, and gratitude and may what God has done in your life be before you.
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