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It is dangerous for any country, including America, to see itself as exceptional, whatever its motivation.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the first working meeting at the G20 in Saint Petersburg on September 5, 2013. Photo: AFP/ Jacques Witt
September 6, 2013 by AFP
World powers discussed the...
The summit descended into a “slanging match” between world leaders after Russia accused Britain of being a “small island that nobody listens to,” the Mirror reports.
G20 report
I know how incredibly serious this moment is, and how dire the consequences could be, but this is hilarious, both because it’s true, and because the image of world leaders hurling insults at each other amuses the fuck out of me.
(via ruedesarchives)