Olmert says called Bush to force change in U.N. vote
Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:46am GM
Writing by Jeffrey Heller, Editing by Alistair Lyon - Reuters, UK
"...the secretary of state...did not vote in favour of...a resolution she cooked up, phrased, organised and manoeuvred for. She was left pretty shamed and abstained on a resolution she arranged," Olmert said.
So, this is what the final days of the bushies has brought us. A US Sec of State being humiliated by shrub and a corrupt Israeli EX-Prime Minster setting policy for the US in the UN and then PUBLICLY BRAGGING ABOUT IT ?!
shame shame
"When we saw that the secretary of state, for reasons we did not really understand, wanted to vote in favour of the U.N. resolution ... I looked for President Bush and they told me he was in Philadelphia making a
Olmert said he then told Bush: "'I'm familiar with it. You can't vote in favour.'
"He gave an order to the secretary of state and she did not vote in favour of it -- a resolution she cooked up, phrased, organised and manoeuvred for. She was left pretty shamed and abstained on a resolution she arranged," Olmert said.
Fourteen of the Security Council's 15 members supported the resolution, which has failed to halt Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip and Hamas's cross-border rocket fire.
Olmert, under police investigation over alleged corruption, resigned as prime minister in September but is serving ( AS US SEC OF STATE !! ) in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed after Israel's February 10 parliamentary election.