2018, year of the castrati

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 21:32:05 +0000

‘We don’t have a single

artappraiser — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 19:09:51 +0000

In reply to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Picks a Very Strange Fight with Canada

‘We don’t have a single friend’: Canada’s Saudi spat reveals country is alone

As Saudi officials lashed out at Canada this week, the US remained on the sidelines, signaling a blatant shift in the relationship

By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto @ TheGuardian.com, 11 Aug 2018

[....] “It’s up for the government of Saudi Arabia and the Canadians to work this out,” state department spokesperson Heather Nauert said this week. “Both sides need to diplomatically resolve this together. We can’t do it for them.”

Canada’s lonely stance was swiftly noticed north of the border. “We do not have a single friend in the whole entire world,” Rachel Curran, a policy director under former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, lamented on Twitter.

The United Kingdom was similarly muted in its response, noted Bob Rae, a former leader of the federal Liberal party. “The Brits and the Trumpians run for cover and say ‘we’re friends with both the Saudis and the Canadians,’” Rae wrote on Twitter. “Thanks for the support for human rights, guys, and we’ll remember this one for sure.” [....]

has a good summary of the "spat" as well for those who can't access the New Yorker article.

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2018, year of the castrati

‘We don’t have a single