DANIEL PIPES

by Daniel Pipes
June 9, 2011

Disgraceful ... !!

Here is the Associated Press caption for the above picture: "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu a high five at the start of their bilateral meeting at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, June 9, 2011."

And here is my comment: Clinton should be ashamed of herself, horsing around like this with the representative of a hostile state whose government is just three days away from elections. This sends precisely the wrong message of endorsement by the U.S. government. (June 9, 2011)

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