I was going to reply earlier today but ran out of time as I had training to do.
I haven't read all the posts on this subject but either way, gonna throw in my two bits and leave it at that.
Diplomacy and statemanship takes priority over personal comfort. Cheney is representing the United States, the ones who liberated the camps and cared for the prisoners. It was a horrifying day to the U.S. soldiers to walk into the camp and see their fellow human beings as living skeletons and the conditions they had to endure under lock and guard and waiting for thier turn for the ovens. All of this enacted by (again) their fellow human beings.
I am disappointed at Cheney's choice of attire for this solem occasion. It speaks loudly that he was indeed thinking of himself and his comfort than the reason that they were there. The europeans that were there obviously had their own ideas about the parka and it certianly put us in a bad light. Respect is a big part of diplomacy, showing it and enduring a (relatively) brief time of discomfort shows that our minds are elsewhere than upon ourselves.
It's a small wonder, when our diplomats act this way that the rest of the world is losing respect for us as a nation, in small ways.
Here is one example while it's not stated that it has anything to do with Cheney's attire it does show what some of the euros think about us.
I haven't read all the posts on this subject but either way, gonna throw in my two bits and leave it at that.
Diplomacy and statemanship takes priority over personal comfort. Cheney is representing the United States, the ones who liberated the camps and cared for the prisoners. It was a horrifying day to the U.S. soldiers to walk into the camp and see their fellow human beings as living skeletons and the conditions they had to endure under lock and guard and waiting for thier turn for the ovens. All of this enacted by (again) their fellow human beings.
I am disappointed at Cheney's choice of attire for this solem occasion. It speaks loudly that he was indeed thinking of himself and his comfort than the reason that they were there. The europeans that were there obviously had their own ideas about the parka and it certianly put us in a bad light. Respect is a big part of diplomacy, showing it and enduring a (relatively) brief time of discomfort shows that our minds are elsewhere than upon ourselves.
It's a small wonder, when our diplomats act this way that the rest of the world is losing respect for us as a nation, in small ways.
Here is one example while it's not stated that it has anything to do with Cheney's attire it does show what some of the euros think about us.