2006-07-18 01:19:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
This is how their conversation went:
Bush: And thanks for the sweaters - I know you picked em out yourself...
Blair: Oh yes absolutely - in fact I knitted it!!!
(laughter)
Bush: What about Kofi Annan - he seems all right. I don't like his ceasefire plan. His attitude is basically ceasefire and everything sorts out.... But I think...
Blair: Yeah the only thing I think is really difficult is that we can't stop this without getting international presence agreed. I think what you guys have talked about which is the criticism of the [inaudible word]. I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is, but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral.
Bush: Yeah I think Condi's [US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice] gonna go soon.
Blair: Well that's all that matters but if you... You see at least it gets it going.
Bush: I agree it's a process...I told her your offer too.
Blair: Well it's only if she needs the ground prepared as it were. If she goes out she HAS to succeed whereas I can just go and...
Bush: You see the irony is what they need to is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this **** and it's all over...
Blair: Dunno... Syria....
Bush: Why?
Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing...
Bush: (with mouth full of bread) Yeah
Blair: Look - what does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine. If you get a solution in Israel and Palestine. Iraq goes in the right way
Bush: Yeah - he's [indistinct]
Blair: Yeah.... He's had it. That's what all this is about - it's the same with Iran
Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Assad and make something happen.
Blair: Yeah
Bush: [indistinct] blaming Israel and [indistinct] blaming the Lebanese government....
2006-07-18 01:32:15 · answer #1 · answered by Omar 1 · 10⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-10 11:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was involved in a private conversation with Tony Blair, and apparently there was a microphone hidden near them somewhere. He was discussing the world situation, and how it should be handled. It really was no big deal, what he said, but I see it as a terrible invasion of privacy. Can't two people have a private discussion anymore without fear of being recorded? It's gotten bad, really bad, what the press is doing for a story.
2006-07-18 01:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by poppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, he said it in regards to the situation over in Israel, something about the Hezbollah needing to stop the s*** that they're doing.
2006-07-18 01:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by jhova_2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sh*t yes......He thought the microphone was off or was oblivious to the body mic..Blair was gracious to turn it off before further private conversation was heard by others...
2006-07-18 01:25:29 · answer #5 · answered by John Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush curses Hezbollah during G8 lunch
(AP)
Updated: 2006-07-18 09:06
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - It wasn't meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance - including President Bush cursing Hezbollah's attacks against Israel.
U.S. President George W. Bush salutes U.S. Air Force personnel as he steps off Air Force One returning to the United States from Russia at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 17, 2006. Bush is returning from participating in the G8 Summit in St Petersburg.
U.S. President George W. Bush salutes U.S. Air Force personnel as he steps off Air Force One returning to the United States from Russia at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 17, 2006. Bush is returning from participating in the G8 Summit in St Petersburg. [Reuters]
Bush expressed his frustration with the United Nations and his disgust with the militant Islamic group and its backers in Syria as he talked to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the closing lunch at the Group of Eight summit.
"See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this **** and it's over," Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll.
He told Blair he felt like telling U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who visited the gathered leaders, to get on the phone with Syrian President Bashar Assad to "make something happen." He suggested Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice might visit the region soon.
The unscripted comments came during a photo opportunity at the lunch. The leaders clearly did not realize that a live microphone was picking up their discussion.
Bush also spoke to other leaders, and his unscripted comments ranged from the serious topic of escalating violence in the Mideast to light banter about his preference for Diet Coke and a gift he received from another leader.
Blair, whose remarks were not as clearly heard, appeared to be pressing Bush about the importance of getting international peacekeepers into the region.
Bush expresses amazement that it will take some leaders as many as eight hours to fly home ¡ª about the same time it will take Air Force One with Bush aboard to return to Washington.
"You eight hours? Me, too. Russia's a big country and you're a big country," Bush said, at one point telling a waiter he wanted Diet Coke. "Takes him eight hours to fly home. Russia's big and so is China. Yeah Blair, what're you doing? Are you leaving."
Bush thanked Blair for the gift of a sweater and joked that he knew Blair had picked it out personally. "Absolutely," Blair responded, with a laugh.
Bush, a stickler for keeping to his schedule, could also be heard telling Putin, "We've got to keep this thing moving. I have to leave at 2:15. They want me out of town so to free up your security forces."
Bush also remarked that some speakers at the meeting talk too long.
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2006-07-18 01:25:03 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The expletive was used to characterize Hebollah's actions. As in, " If they keep doing this s***,....."
2006-07-18 01:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by yodeladyhoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obscene word was 'Sh!t'. Which is not really a big deal at all.
2006-07-18 01:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Yes Tony I am a S***, Bombing innocent countries is just a thing i like to do..."
2006-07-18 01:23:11 · answer #9 · answered by Miss LaStrange 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋