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Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu 'liar'

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The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!"
The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be private comment embarrassingly public.

The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during which the conversation between the two heads of state – which quickly reverted to other matters – was all but open to members the press, who were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake of simultaneous translation during the G20 press conference.

"By the time the (media) services at the Elysée realize it, it was on for at least three minutes," one journalist told the website. Still, he said that reporters "did not have a chance to take advantage of this fluke."
The surprising lack of coverage may be explained by a report alleging that reporters present at the event were requested to sign an agreement to keep mum on the subject of the embarrassing comments.
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Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu 'liar' - Israel News, Ynetnews

Every time Obama insults Netanyahu, Bibi's poll ratings and Israel's support in Congress go up.
 
toomuchtime_ said:
Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu 'liar' - Israel News, Ynetnews
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In 1967, seeking to avoid a war, the Israelis went to Charles de Gaulle, asking him to publicly offer support, hoping that doing so would cause encircling Arab armies to back down. de Gaulle refused and the Israeli ambassador reminded him that after the Suez crises, France had pledged to come to Israels' aid in just such a set of circumstances in order to provide her with the security she needed to give up conquered ground. "That was 1956", de Gaulle told him "this is 1967."


be interesting to see what this does to Obama's favorability ratings here with our jewish population - the ones they were oh-so-worried about after Wiener's seat was lost.
 
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That fact that Bibi IS a liar is neither here nor there for some.
 
BREAKING: Politician accused of lying.

Of course, lack of context make this a pointless bit of gossip. Is he a liar pertianing to ME security issues, or is he telling G20 leaders he tapped Carla before Sarko got his Gallic mits on her? Perhaps a more existential debate about better craftsmanship in the bedroom, Jews or Frenchmen, got out of hand.
 
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Just telling the truth about that war criminal!
 
To be fair, without hearing the full audio it's difficult to assume the tone especially considering that "The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move."
 
Serenity said:
To be fair, without hearing the full audio it's difficult to assume the tone especially considering that "The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move."
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To be fair, France and any other nation do not have to warn the US on any policy view what so ever...I mean does the US ever warn France or the rest of the world .. I doubt that very much.

And to be fair.. the US is in the wrong on this issue and always has been.
 
PeteEU said:
To be fair, France and any other nation do not have to warn the US on any policy view what so ever...I mean does the US ever warn France or the rest of the world .. I doubt that very much.

And to be fair.. the US is in the wrong on this issue and always has been.
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That's for a seperate thread and not this forum Pete, I'm just commenting on the OP.

It actually astounds me that someone would be surprised that World Leaders might talk **** about each other. Really? What planet do they live on? Clearly they've never heard of Wikileaks.... Will those that got their knickers in a knot over conversations being released via Wikileaks be as annoyed that this has been released or is this ok because it's Obama?

At the end of the day, what Obama may or may not think of Bibi personally is irrelevant. Obama maintains strong support for Israel.
 
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That's for a seperate thread and not this forum Pete, I'm just commenting on the OP.

It actually astounds me that someone would be surprised that World Leaders might talk **** about each other. Really? What planet do they live on? Clearly they've never heard of Wikileaks.... Will those that got their knickers in a knot over conversations being released via Wikileaks be as annoyed that this has been released or is this ok because it's Obama?

At the end of the day, what Obama may or may not think of Bibi personally is irrelevant. Obama maintains strong support for Israel.
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fair enough.
 
I guess I expected at least semi-professional behavior from our president.

Shame on me.

C'mon November 2012......
 
Serenity said:
To be fair, without hearing the full audio it's difficult to assume the tone especially considering that "The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move."
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So what? the fact is that neither of them particularly care for Israel, and the mocking tone, and utter display of lack of support for the surrounded ally is enough o make one question the level of commitment from our President, in terms of his statements declaring Israel a friend. At the least it shows Obama has people in the region that he feels warmer about than Bibi.

j-mac
 
j-mac said:
So what? the fact is that neither of them particularly care for Israel, and the mocking tone, and utter display of lack of support for the surrounded ally is enough o make one question the level of commitment from our President, in terms of his statements declaring Israel a friend. At the least it shows Obama has people in the region that he feels warmer about than Bibi.

j-mac
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They sound like two nineteenth century colonialists complaining about an unruly subject. If the microphones had stayed on a little longer we might have heard them say, "That uppity Jew just won't do what we tell him to even though he knows it's in our best interests."
 
Politics 101 is that the Mic is ALWAYS on..

Thats said, if I were the GOP I would be all over this. If Obama loses even half of the Florida, NY Jew vote he's in trouble. Jews actually go out and vote on election day.


But seriously. Did Obama really think anyone was buying his "We stand behind Israel" schtick?


Tim-
 
I think it is wonderful that this came out. This only gives someone running against BO (Barack Obama not Body Odor, though both stink) and Democrats in some areas ammunition to pry the Jewish vote away from the Democrats. Maybe even someone as politically moronic as Steven Spielberg will finally get the message that these hacks (Democrats) are really bad for not just the country as a whole but Israel and the Jewish community as well.
 
Dude... this president Sarkozy sounds dodgy mate...
First the incident with Dominique Straus Kahn detained for an alleged sexual harassment which forced Kahn to leave IMF and disband his attempts to run for the French Presidency and now Sarkozy talks about a creating a ""New" Europe or else they will be left behind in history.
Honestly, it just seems to be an excuse to create a Federal Europe by saying that Europe will be left behind in history... as far as I am concerned, France is far from being left behind - their fiscal health is still pretty much intact and well at the moment.

Margaret Thatcher really saw that coming back in 1990 in a parliamentary speech...
 
Meh, I expect these kind of interactions between politicians. Not everyone is going to love everyone else and people are going to be somwhat candid with the only other people who understand the positions they're in.

What I find more hillarious is the reaction to this, as I can almost imagine the "HAHA! Bush is a BAFOON! Another gaffe and blunder by the oaf President, just going around insulting hte world" had the mistaken open mic been on during his Administration saying something like this about a foreign leader.
 
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