This is not from The Onion. It’s from Reuters.
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad had to reconvene the U.N. Security Council and rerun a meeting on Friday after reading the wrong statement on Sudan, effectively wiping an entire council session out of history.
At the first session, Khalilzad, current president of the council, read out a hard-hitting statement denouncing aerial bombardment in the troubled Darfur region in a clear critique of the Sudanese government.
When the session ended, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin was the first to point out that the statement was not the one that the council’s 15 members had agreed, participants said.
After about 10 minutes, officials managed to corral diplomats wandering off for the weekend back into the council chamber. Khalilzad opened a new meeting under the same serial number at which he read out a more anodyne statement that just urged all parties in Darfur, rebels included, to end violence.
“He read an old version” of the statement at the first meeting, U.S. mission spokesman Benjamin Chang said of Khalilzad. “That first one (session) never happened.” U.N. officials agreed that in effect the earlier session had been superseded.
Even John Bolton wouldn’t have done something so stupid. Although, I think we all would like to erase most of John Bolton’s history.
What are you all doing this holiday weekend?
Graduation festivities.
They’re in the suburbs, and brother drives an Expedition. There is only one single topic of discussion in this family – 5 cars/5 people – and that’s gas.
Oh – he’d still vote for Bush.
Gonna be a long week……
Just like every other weekend.
(I live a contrarian life. (Surprise, surprise.)
When civilans (my word for non-musicians) are working…I’m off. When you are sleeping…I’m up. And when you are working…I’m off. (Sorta kinda…still have to practice and write.)
Have fun…I will.
AG
I’m taking my daughter to an anime convention. We’ve been working for months on her costume. She will be Lloyd, a character from Tales of Symphonia, a video game. It should be fun, at least for her. I’ve got severe back pain, so I’ll probably just take Vicodin and sleep in the hotel room.
dull and boring- reading news and discussing the insanity with others of the same ilk.
By the way- Maybe the reading of the first statement was not a mistake. According to reports, the wiped out comments were much much more strident towards Iran and embarassing. So, what else is new?
These folks got caught by smarter folks and it shows just how far the US position has fallen in the eyes of the world. Trust-? you got to be kidding!
All you ever need to know:
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1249
took my final exam this morning, at the local community college. (Data Structures in Java).
I should go to the cemetery considering that it is Memorial day, and take flowers to my wife and her father and brother. My own parents are too far away.
Sunday is Race Day! I rarely watch the whole 500 but have to pay some attention. Other than that, some gardening (which is defined as listening to the Giants game outside and pulling a weed every few minutes).