Friday, May 04, 2007
US and Iran
America and Iran continued their uncertain dalliance today, with ambassadorial talks in Egypt undermined by military raids in Baghdad, a cryptic conversation between Condoleezza Rice and her Iranian counterpart and a violinist's red dress.
But the Iranian minister did not stay long enough even to sit down, with reports differing as to whether he objected to the seating arrangements or the revealing dress of the violinist who was entertaining the diplomats. “I am not sure which woman he was afraid of: the woman in the red dress or the Secretary of State,” said Sean McCormack, the US State Department spokesman.
IMO: After Rice's apparent financial involvement with an escort (or sex) service, which at the very least she can hardly be unaware of, we have to bear in mind that standards of superficial propriety in both USA and Iran can matter, at any rate in the Asian countries. Asians frequently genuinely do not want to surrender even more to Western decadence, as it is often reasonably seen.
But the Iranian minister did not stay long enough even to sit down, with reports differing as to whether he objected to the seating arrangements or the revealing dress of the violinist who was entertaining the diplomats. “I am not sure which woman he was afraid of: the woman in the red dress or the Secretary of State,” said Sean McCormack, the US State Department spokesman.
IMO: After Rice's apparent financial involvement with an escort (or sex) service, which at the very least she can hardly be unaware of, we have to bear in mind that standards of superficial propriety in both USA and Iran can matter, at any rate in the Asian countries. Asians frequently genuinely do not want to surrender even more to Western decadence, as it is often reasonably seen.
# posted by uv : 8:16 PM
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