Bush declined to meet Norway's PM: reports

[TRUTHSEEKER_01]

STOCKHOLM, May 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George Bush has declined to meet Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, said reports reaching here from Oslo on Tuesday.

Bush's staff would not arrange the meeting because of the Norwegian left-center coalition government's criticism of the war in Iraq, and Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen's support for a boycott of Israeli products, according to Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK).

Jan Petersen, who was Norway's foreign minister in the last center-right government, told NRK that he feared a phone conversation Stoltenberg had with Bush shortly after last fall's election put a damper on relations between the United States and Norway.

In the conversation, Stoltenberg told Bush that he would order the withdrawal of Norwegian officers from Iraq.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/03/content_4504045.htm

This is just plain WRONG!!

[Crankie Avalon]

1. Diplomacy by tantrum...

...maybe Norway will need to commit a few human rights violations to get back in Emperor Bush II's good graces?

[saltpoint]

2. Pretty much the range and depth of a 6-year old's problem-solving skills.

President Gore or President Kerry or almost any 12-year old on earth could have handled this better.

What a little puke.

Clayton?

[cyclezealot]

3. Bush's tantrum only hurts the US.

Maybe Bush will boycott Norwegian oil? just like Cuba's oil.. We have not a friend in the world? Norway used to celebrate July 4 after the liberation. They loved the US so much. The US is rejected from Spain to Greece to Italy now. No friends left.
In fact, Bush's arrogrance will probably hurt Bush with Norwegian conservatives.

[xchrom]

4. in other reports: norways prime minister relieved that he didn't

have to suffer through a meeting with the drunken frat boy that calls himself the president of the united states.

[peacetalksforall]

5. How do you spell J U V E N I L E? This is proof that he is delusional.

[TRUTHSEEKER_01]

6. If any proof was needed..you just CANNOT

behave like this!!!

[Beowulf]

11. How do you spell...

There's got to be a W in it somewhere.

[snappyturtle]

7. I think we're being a little hard.....

on *. After all, he's probably inundated with planning his summer vacation---it's 'hard work', you know. :sarcasm: Frankly, I don't know why any foreign leader would WANT to talk to * !!!

[peacetalksforall]

8. So of the 25% hard core - which products from Norway are they

going to scream about? Which can be renamed like freedom fries? Will Norwegians joinong the ranks of furrners that will be targeted with hate? Did the U.S. rescue Norway during WW2? Here we go again.

[tanyev]

9. Lutefisk boycott!!!!

[cyclezealot]

10. some many products now on the outs.

Spanish wine, olive oil. French wine. NOrwegian oil. Italian shoes. Germany under Schroeder. think yuppies can forgo their BMW's. ?
Does not matter, Bush has lots of cheap goods from our good friends in China.

[Moderator]

12. locking....

The author is no longer with us.