Saturday, July 15, 2006

Arab Official Feud. New TV reported some of the heated exchanges in the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers. Apparently, Saudi Foreign minister accused his Syrian counterpart of harboring "satanic dreams." The Kuwaiti foreign minister jumped in: he suggested to throw a glass of water on the Syrian foreign minister to wake him up. These are your representatives, ye Arabs. Here is one published account. Apparently, the Jordanian Foreign Minister said, in response to a statement by the Qatari foreign minister who suggested that they read Arab public opinion trends, : "The Arab street is not disciplined; and its actions don't serve collective Arab action."