Rice Aides Slam Comment that US Made "Mistake"

After Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the US admitted it erred in detaining a German national, Rice's aides challenged her comments, saying they weren't sure "what was in (Merkel's) head" when she said what she did.

Speaking to the press after a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Berlin Tuesday, Merkel said she had discussed the case of Khaled el-Masri, a Lebanese-born German national who was reportedly abducted by CIA operatives and held in Afghanistan for several months.

"The American administration has admitted that this man was erroneously taken," Merkel told reporters.

But senior US officials, who are travelling with Rice on her European tour, disagreed with Merkel's interpretation. After the news conference, they met with the chancellor's aides and asked for a explanation, saying Rice had not actually admitted to a US mistake over Masri.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1805029,00.html

Guess that Merkel has to learn a new english to understand communication. Oh well, she is new at it and will soon learn.

In what altnernate universe is Condoleezza Rice a barometer of reality?

"Merkel's interpretation" aka "what really happened".

"We recognize any policy will sometimes result in errors, and when it happens, we will do everything we can to rectify it," Rice said at the start of a European tour overshadowed by allegations of illegal
CIA methods against terrorist suspects.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1968568

mistakes, not even in the passive voice???

that BushCo will never admit to making a mistake....
I'm so fucking sick of this administration. Will we ever wake from this nightmare?

:cry:

:puke:

she`s in germany that 60+ years ago defined torture. now we have "miss thing" telling the germans that we can torture anyone we want, anytime and anywhere,well ain`t that nice . wasn`t that the reason for the nuremberg trials is to bring to justice those who torture?

Guess she needs a copy of the Newspeak Dictionary (sorry, the ninth edition is all I have at the moment. Paper shortages, you know. It's the war effort). In it, she will find that "mistake", "erroneously" and "admit" are words only applied to Eurasia, or traitors. Big Brother just makes "actions misunderstood by imperfect party members", in a "misreported" fashion, which is "clarified" by the Ministry of Truth.

There is probably something like a dicttatee and a dictator.
As long as you is one of them that is the better one then all is simple. God, I already lost myself in two sentences.

It's not a lie if we believe or say it. Now where is that tape so we can change the truth to the truth.

Check it out, there is no way I am putting it on here.

http:www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/

What a disgusting low-life of a human being...

The Hubris swelters from this Troglodyte.

got called.

She didn't realize what power mad psychos she was actually dealing with - they never admit mistakes.

This administration is straight from hell. :evilgrin:

Gyre

I just read an article in the India Times that the U.S. delegation insulted some Indian officials.

One American called the foreign minister "an imbecile" and said something to the effect that "he is retarded". The Indian delegation was shocked. It raised a big furor, but the Hindus quickly settled down and let the incident pass.

Can you imagine our country, saying shit like that about other dignitaries. If the rest of the world hasn't figured out what they're dealing with, let there be no ambiguity: THESE GUYS ARE LUNATICS.

never never ever say the bushies made a mistake.

So it was not a mistake to abduct an Innocent man, sending him halfway around the world, torture him and keeping him locked up for months?