US apologise for detaining Venezuealan Foreign Minister
US security officials do their bit to ease tensions (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5375144.stm)
bad form america. cant be at that.
The State Department did apologize. That's more than what a lot of people get.
Druidville
25-09-2006, 01:54
It's not our fault he didn't get his ticket via the normal channels. Want the VIP treatment? TELL SOMEONE!
Ya know... BOTH sides are being idiotic about this. The US should have never done that (and I could imagine the scene should Sec of State Rice be subjected to the same treatment in some country), but Chavez is spoiling for a fight somehow...
Call to power
25-09-2006, 01:56
why did they detain him anyway?
I think this sounds a tad like when I was detained in the U.S….of course that was because of a flight delay and I spent the time at the airport but it was horrible none the less…I can still here the ambient music! (so I’m saying that the alleged threats of police him are bullshit and that he just had a security check that he made ever so longer by being a dick)
It's not our fault he didn't get his ticket via the normal channels. Want the VIP treatment? TELL SOMEONE!It's not to difficult to tell a diplomatic passport from a normal one...
It's not our fault he didn't get his ticket via the normal channels. Want the VIP treatment? TELL SOMEONE!
he is a diplomat who was at the UN. its extremely poor form to harass someone like that, as evidenced by the apology.
you would go ballistic if it was condi was detained overseas
Call to power
25-09-2006, 02:09
you would go ballistic if it was condi was detained overseas
I have no quarrels about detaining Jack Straw in a foreign country for however long it takes….