Der fiktive Dialog, in dem US-Sicherheitsberaterin Condoleezza Rice ihren Chef über Chinas neuen Parteivorsitzenden Hu Jiantao informieren will.
George Bush: "Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?"
Condoleezza Rice: "Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China."
Bush: "Great. Lay it on me."
Rice: "Hu is the new leader of China."
Bush: "That's what I want to know."
Rice: "That's what I'm telling you."
Bush: "That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?"
Rice: "Yes."
Bush: "I mean the fellow's name."
Rice: "Hu."
Bush: "The guy in China."
Rice: "Hu."
Bush: "The new leader of China."
Rice: "Hu."
Bush: "The Chinaman!"
Rice: "Hu is leading China."
Bush: "Now whaddya' asking me for?"
Rice: "I'm telling you Hu is lea-ding China."
Bush: "Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?"
Rice: "That's the man's name."
Bush: "That's who's name?"
Rice: "Yes."
Bush: "Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?"
Rice: "Yes, Sir."
Bush: "Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East."
Rice: "That's correct."
Bush: "Then who is in China?"
Rice: "Yes, Sir."
Bush: "Yassir is in China?"
Rice: "No, Sir."
Bush: "Then who is?"
Rice: "Yes, Sir."
Bush: "Yassir?"
Rice: "No, Sir."
Bush: "Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone."
Rice: "Kofi?"
Bush: "No, thanks."
Rice: "You want Kofi?"
Bush: "No."
Rice: "You don't want Kofi."
Bush: "No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N."
Rice: "Yes, Sir."
Bush: "Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N."
Rice: "Kofi?"
Bush: "Milk! Will you please make the call?"
Rice: "And call who?"
Bush: "Who is the guy at the U.N?"
Rice: "Hu is the guy in China."
Bush: "Will you stay out of China!"
Rice: "Yes, Sir."
Bush: "And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N."
Rice: "Kofi."
Bush: "All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone."
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Rice: "Rice, here."
Bush: "Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East." |