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JasonF
11-25-2003, 07:03 PM
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=031125&cat=news&st=newsgeorgiasaakashvilidc


"I have been contacted by representatives of the White House and the State Department," Saakashvili said in French.

"The Americans have promised money but one is never sure with the Americans," he said, without giving further details.


I can commend them on settling their "revolution" without mass killing, but this doesn't seem like the best way to speak of someone when you want them to do something as generous as giving you several million dollars... Then again, maybe it's just Reuters' typically biased "translation" of the above statement. Or perhaps he was just playing to his audience... :box:

grinner
11-25-2003, 07:07 PM
probably the latter.