Madeleine Albright Mistaken For Cleaning Lady
Culture/Society Breaking News News Keywords: ALBRIGHT KOSOVO
Source: Wirebreak
Posted on 02/09/2000 08:10:47 PST by M. Peach
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was mistaken for a maid during last year’s peace negotiations for Kosovo in Rambouillet, France. According to a report in the "New York Daily News," the Secretary of State at first wasn’t recognized by the Albanian delegation when she walked into their room.
“One member of the delegation, who didn’t realize who she was, and probably thinking she was some cleaning lady because it was after midnight, simply said to her, ‘Give us five minutes and please go away,’” recalled Albanian diplomat Dugagjin Gorani in War on Europe, a British TV program. Instead, Albright exploded in rage, swearing at the group, according to the reports.
“Mrs. Albright started using explicit language which the translators never could translate into Albanian,” says Veton Surroi, another member of the delegation.
Wow. So, instead of trying to understand the differences in culture that would have led to the Albanian thinking of her as the cleaning lady (cue the liberal buzzword "tolerance" ), she uses profanity that should be beneath any SoS, especially when talking to a foreign delegation. Disgusting.
Tah dah!
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