--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@...> wrote: > > PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar" > in a private conversation with U.S. President > Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to > journalists during last week's G20 summit in > Cannes... > > 'Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a liar' > http://tinyurl.com/cc9w45m
"I cannot bear Netanyahu, he's a liar," Sarkozy told Obama, unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been switched on, enabling reporters in a separate location to listen in to a simultaneous translation. "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you," Obama replied, according to the French interpreter. This is cool. It's like Sarko is the Judy Stein of the G20 summit, and Obama's the Curtis. :-) Personally I commend Sarko on telling it like it is, and commend Obama for doing the same thing in reply. As far as they knew they were just two guys talking, about a third guy whom they both know to be an asshole, but they also know they've gotta keep interacting with him. International politics sounds a lot like FFL. :-)
