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Sunday December 04, 2005 19:15 by R. Isible
The Register publishes Condoleeza Rice's bullying letter The text of Condoleeza Rice and Gutierrez's letter to Jack Straw (while he was acting president of the EU) is apparently written in unusually strong language for a diplomatic missive. It's published in full on The Register along with a brief commentary. Why should you care? ICANN is the body that decides the fundamental structure of the internet. It's been controversial /within/ the USA because it reduced the role of non-commercial representatives (e.g. Karl Auerbach |
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Jump To Comment: 1In her patronosing and insulting letter to the President of the European union, Condoleeza Rice in effect tells Europe that The US control of the Internet is better than any control that would be shared by Europe or other countries.
All the succss of the Internet, a la Rice, is thanks to its US control.
She must think that European leaders are naive, stupid, spineless kowtowers - and she is probably right, given so many backdowns by the latter when Bush and his consort-in-arms lay down the law.
They shout at the man of Straw:
"when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark"
And he, like an obedient little doggy, puts his tail between his legs and scuttles away.