runaway wrote:Kikapu wrote:runaway wrote:boulio wrote:At the end of the day Talats visit was not a success,he was recognized as the leader of the t/c community,the state department issued a statement saying we recognize only ONE ROC,AND THERE WAS no mention of the meeting on Clintons daily schedule(like it never happened)and there was no joint press conference at the end of the 30 minute meeting.
At the end of the day did he meet Clinton or not?
south cypriots here said there won't be such a meeting. Slap.
Talat's meeting with Clinton in Washington had as much success as the Titanic did on her maiden voyage on the very same date, April 15th.!
You've attended the meeting I guess. We've got an international relations expert on this forum.
OK, runaway, lets recap for you what happened between Talat and Clinton in the 30 minutes he had with her.
Start the clock, now.!
They spent the first 5-10 minutes giving each other the usual formality compliments in asking about their families, the economy and how much we are friends with you/you with us, blah, blah, blah.
Another 5 minutes is spent when Talat gives Hilary some kind of gift from the TC's as a sign of friendship, perhaps some Hellim/Hallumi and some olives and a kilo of Cyprus potatoes and some Molohiya/Moloha.!
Another 5 minutes spent when Hillary asks for the recipe on how to cook the Molohiya/Moloha and Talat has to ask in his wife to give it to Hillary, but it is written in Turkish, which then had to be translated into English by Talat.
So far 20 minutes has already lapsed.
Then they got down to business in Talat telling Hillary of the position and demands of the TC's in English, because he wants to impress Hillary, but with his heavy accents, Hillary doesn't understand everything Talat is saying and asks him to repeat himself few times.! Before you know, 5 minutes goes by and Hillary gets a reminder from her aid, that they need to leave in 5 minutes to go and meet with Obama and his new White House Portuguese waterdog named, BO, before his afternoon nap. No, not Obama's, BO's.!
The last 5 minutes is then spent on formalities in saying goodbye and wishing the Talats a safe flight home with hand shakes and kissy kissy goodbyes and warning Talat about Jetlag and that he should stay awake as long as possible once he returns back to Cyprus.!
30 minutes has expired with very little discussed of importance, as planned by Hillary. Hillary doesn't eat Molohiya/Moloha for god sake, but she killed time by asking for the recipe all the same.!
The Titanic stayed afloat longer after striking the Iceberg than Talat did going head to head with another "Iceberg", Hillary.! Only 30 minutes.!
Are you happy now, runaway.?