Dutch politician in trouble for lying about meeting with Poetin

arno_ed · Feb 13, 2018

It is slightly different than Americans might expect. He said he was in a meeting with Poetin when in fact he was not: https://nltimes.nl/2018/02/12/dutch-minister-admits-lying-meeting-turkish-president-putin.

I expect that he will resign today.

JuanValdez · Feb 13, 2018

Why does it say "Turkish" in the link? So confusing. Doesn't help that you write Putin "Poetin." Anyway, sounds like a pretty big lie. When you say you heard it yourself, your audience infers that you understood and are communicating Putin's meaning when he says Great Russia. When you hear it second-hand, though, there's a lot more space for misunderstanding. Putin might have been talking about what a terrible idea Great Russia is, for all we know. It is, in effect, a total fabrication of Russian geopolitical thinking.

arno_ed · Feb 13, 2018

JuanValdez said: ↑

Why does it say "Turkish" in the link? So confusing. Doesn't help that you write Putin "Poetin." Anyway, sounds like a pretty big lie. When you say you heard it yourself, your audience infers that you understood and are communicating Putin's meaning when he says Great Russia. When you hear it second-hand, though, there's a lot more space for misunderstanding. Putin might have been talking about what a terrible idea Great Russia is, for all we know. It is, in effect, a total fabrication of Russian geopolitical thinking.
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Oh sorry that is how putin is writen in Dutch. I actually never noticed the difference.

I also think it is a big lie. Especially since it is now being reported that his story missrepresented what was said.

I just find it funny that the Dutch are so unimportant that we have to fake meetings with russians...

Zijlstra is actually Scheduled to go to russia soon...

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