The leaked cables by US diplomats posted overseas contain blunt appraisals of their host governments, and unflattering pen portraits of world leaders.
US officials are said to have described Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as feckless, vain and ineffective, sharing a close relationship with “alpha dog” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is said to be thin-skinned and authoritarian, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel is described as risk-averse.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is referred to as “extremely weak” and susceptible to conspiracy theories.
One US diplomat was said to be shocked at the “rude behaviour” of the British queen’s second son, Prince Andrew, when abroad.
Meanwhile, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya always travels with a “voluptuous blonde” Ukrainian nurse, according to one of the cables.
Erm, it’s hardly stuff we don’t already know…
Although I am very pleased to read that Gaddafi travels with a voluptuous blonde Ukranian nurse. If I were a World Leader, I would travel with a voluptuous blonde Ukrainian nurse.
Actually, I wouldn’t be fussed if she was Ukranian or not, tbh. She could come from Barnsley for all I care! I think the blonde voluptuousness is the important bit, not the nationality.