At 02:48 PM 3/17/2003 -0500 Bryon Daly wrote:
>"J.D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
>> Before the ambassadors of the three countries entered
>> a closed Security Council session this morning on
>> Iraq, Greenstock announced, "We have had to conclude
>> that council consensus will not be possible," adding
>> that the three countries would therefore not seek a
>> vote on the draft resolution. "One country in
>> particular has underlined its intention to veto a
>> resolution no matter what the circumstances,"
>> Greenstock said, referring to France without naming
>> the country.
>
>What's with this "referring to France without naming the
>country" stuff. Colin Powell does that a lot, too. Are they
>trying to be polite/diplomatic by not pointing a finger at France
>directly?
Yes..... In diplomatic-speak it is considered highly insulting to
criticize a country by name. Thus, when you must criticize other
countries in diplomatic-speak, you don't name names, even if it is
blatantly obvious of whom you are referring to....
JDG
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