From: Marko Milivojevic (markom@markom.info)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2008 - 23:42:27 ARST
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 00:41, Joseph Brunner <joe@affirmedsystems.com> wrote:
> I don't know many "useless people" with those attributes... Condi is not
> only the smartest person in the Bush Administration (by a mile) she holds
> her own with Putin speaking to the man in his own tongue... How many world
> leaders can do that?
>
> China's communist party dictator, does he even speak English? or French? No
> he comes with a translator, how about Iran's puppet leader? Or Hugo Chavez?
> Those guys don't have half of Condi's brain (or her cute dimples, MEOW!!)
It's actually a matter of diplomatic protocol to communicate with a
translator. That way possible misunderstandings can be cleared better,
as written track in the native tongue of both diplomats remains
untouched by lack of vocabulary. It has nothing to do with being
smart.
Btw. both Hugo and Mahmoud speak pretty decent English. Doesn't just
about anyone who had more that 8 years of schooling? :-)
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