At 08:26 30-10-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
Yeah, so what? Those diplomats are not present at the UN to present their *personal* opinions, they are there to present their *government's* opinions. As long as they do their jobs properly, it is completely irrelevant wether or not they are related to their country's leader.>You left out "we all know that nobody from those >countries, even diplomats to the U.N., could possibly >hope to make competent decisions in such a matter."The diplomat to the UN is probably the dictator's second cousin once-removed.
Or would you argue that a person who is related to a country's leader would be unfit for a high position in politics?
Jeroen "Voting is so much easier with Iraqi democracy" van Baardwijk
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