Posted on 09/23/2004 9:02:20 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
Thaksin fails in chickens-for-weapons deal
STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - The Swedish government cannot negotiate a deal with Thailand to trade jet fighters for raw chicken meat, Prime Minister Goeran Persson said on Thursday.
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who met with Mr Persson in the Swedish capital on Thursday, told Thai media earlier this week he hoped to broker a poultry-for-planes deal with Sweden, as his country's chicken exports have suffered badly from a bird flu outbreak. Advertisement
Mr Persson said he would love to see the JAS 39 Gripen jet fighter sold to Thailand, but that it was up to Saab, the aircraft maker, to negotiate the terms.
Dr Thaksin reiterated his hopes for agricultural products to be used as currency.
If Sweden should have a need for chickens or other agricultural products, 'then that can be arranged, easily,' he said.
He did not say how many jet fighters Thailand wants to buy.
Thailand, among the top four poultry exporters in the world, has been badly hit by two outbreaks of avian influenza that killed 28 people in Asia this year, including nine in Thailand. He said earlier this week that the country has a huge inventory of raw chicken meat stored in warehouses.
He has also tried to trade chickens for arms with Russia.
Sweden has previously sold or leased Jas 39 Gripen planes to several other countries, including the Czech Republic and Hungary. -- AP
They really need to get this guy out of office ASAP.
Hey mister, how many chickens for one of them there fighter jets? I got a few to sell.
Is there ANY doubt on this planet that, at least after Charles XII lost at Poltava, the whole bloody citizenry are chickens -- well, ok, statistically we'll exempt 2-3% from the description.
And we'll just watch, with not even a lot of schadenfreude, as the moonbat moon-god worshippers take over that nation.
Punch line: "Use a thawed chicken next time".
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