The undiplomatic Carl Bildt
On Monday, I reported that Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was working on a face-saving measure by which the European Union would condemn the Aftonbladet blood libel and Sweden would go along with that condemnation. On Tuesday, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt threw cold water on the entire idea. However, in a further twist to this diplomatic crisis that swings from the bad to the farcical, Bildt – in Kabul for talks with international representatives and Afghan officials – has flatly denied that he and Frattini even discussed Sweden’s standoff with Israel, according to the Swedish news agency TT.Someone please tell me that the government of Israel is going to declare this arrogant, anti-Semitic shmuck persona non grata and not let him visit here later this week.
Through the foreign ministry’s head of communications, Cecilia Julin, Bildt denied that he and Frattini had discussed the disagreement between Sweden and Israel over the Aftonbladet article, or that they had discussed a possible resolution by the Council of Ministers.
“From the Swedish side we have no plans to handle this question through the informal foreign ministers’ meeting in Stockholm,” said Julin. She also conveyed that Bildt had suggested that the proposal must have arisen through an “Italian misunderstanding.”
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:21 AM
2 Comments:
I will be ashamed of Israel if the government receives Bildt as though nothing amiss happened. It is not Israel that owes Sweden anything. Its exactly the reverse and if Israel does not turn down Bildt, Jews will get exactly what they deserve from the rest of the world - its scorn.
best punishment is not to serve any booze to Bildt during his stay
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