Way with words

One of the benefits of working in this particular region is the charming way in which the governmental officials speak to each other. How about this little gem from the Iraqi Interior Minister:

Iraq will not accept "a Bedouin on a camel teaching us about human rights and democracy."

Oh really?

Perhaps you might prefer a Texan in a helicopter...



Some other choice snippets:

"Let them give the right to their women to at least drive cars. Their women are deprived of their rights while the women in our country are equal to men."

He also called the Saudis "tyrants who think they are king and God, and they name their countries after their families."