UN General Assembly hots up
After Chavez called Bush, the 'Devil' yesterday leaving a trail of sulphur behind him, he followed it up with 'sick man' and 'ex-alcoholic' today. This has actually got democrats standing up for Bush. But Chavez is attracting the media right now, even calling one female news reporter pretty. Of course, the Iranian president is another media favourite right now.
And the US is paying for all this, btw, since these guys are on US soil. On a different note though - Chavez's name calling has only led to a lot of media frenzy, which is the usual since it makes for great headlines, but not for any protests by the general public. What would've been the effect if the Bangladesh PM had name-called Manmohan Singh at a SAARC conference in New Delhi?
After Armitage told Musharraf at a meeting some time back that (to the effect) 'Pakistan should be prepared to be bombed back to the stone age if they don't cooperate with the US against the terrorists', Musharraf felt it was a 'rude remark'. This, according to Musharraf himself, at the UN convention currently on at NYC. He adds that he decided to act 'responsibly' in his response. Armitage denies saying this of course. Bush did say last night in an interview to CNN that he would 'absolutely' take 'immediate action' if Bin Laden was found in Pakistan.
And the US is paying for all this, btw, since these guys are on US soil. On a different note though - Chavez's name calling has only led to a lot of media frenzy, which is the usual since it makes for great headlines, but not for any protests by the general public. What would've been the effect if the Bangladesh PM had name-called Manmohan Singh at a SAARC conference in New Delhi?
After Armitage told Musharraf at a meeting some time back that (to the effect) 'Pakistan should be prepared to be bombed back to the stone age if they don't cooperate with the US against the terrorists', Musharraf felt it was a 'rude remark'. This, according to Musharraf himself, at the UN convention currently on at NYC. He adds that he decided to act 'responsibly' in his response. Armitage denies saying this of course. Bush did say last night in an interview to CNN that he would 'absolutely' take 'immediate action' if Bin Laden was found in Pakistan.
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