Murray McCully reports on the globe-trotting affairs of Holy Willie.Upon his appointment as our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Peters was emphatic about his highest and most urgent priority: the restoration of good relations with the United States. And he even asked his Australian counterpart, Alexander Downer, to put in a good word.
How strange, therefore, to inspect the heavy travel schedule of Mr Peters since his appointment: Malaysia, Korea, London (twice), Malta, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Austria and Dublin. And last week Mr Peters’ tireless efforts to improve our relationship with the United States took him to Moscow, St Petersburg and Kiev. All signs that thus far Mr Peters’ pointy-headed MFAT officials have had difficulty in assisting their Minister with a direct route to Washington.
Oh, well. There are only around 190 countries in the world. And by a process of elimination, Mr Peters has simply got to get to Washington sometime in the next couple of years.
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Poor Murray has it backwards! The goal is to improve relations with the US right! I can easily see how sending Winnie the Pooh everywhere but the US can achieve that goal. Good god, the last thing we want to do is send that preening prick to the US. Not even George Bush deserves that.
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