Heads of State

A friend sent me the link to a youtube video of Nigel Farage questioning that great man His Excellency the President of Europe, Mr Von Rompuy, the ex Prime Minister of Belgium. Although I do not agree with Farage about the no-fly zone I do think his point that it is extraordinary heads of state (yes I know Europe is not a state in name but it is a serious wannabe) are not only willing to shake the hands of a murderer who also happens to be another head of state but also to joke and exchange pleasantries and to be photographed with him. I wonder whether von Rompuy, Blair, Brown and Bummer have any remorse about having treated Gaddafi as an equal or whether their attitude is that statecraft makes it mandatory to ignore blood on the murderer's hands. I know the answer since without exception the individuals concerned will shrug and say it was statecraft.