Talk:Craig Roberts Stapleton

message: Does anyone have articles to link to, that will confirm or deny Stapleton foreign language history?
--M4bwav 14:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I heard him try to speak French, and he doesn't, but that isn't exactly a source we can cite.  Phil - it is in fact extremely common that ambassadors, especially to a country such as France, speak the language.  It is also common that they are appointed for reasons having to do with their knowledge and competence in French affairs and not because they were a great co-owner of a professional sports team.  You may not find these facts strange but others do.  --Aquarelle 23:37, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I find it interesting that certain users believe themselve able to read the minds of the member of the Philadelphia Convention.  In any case, the removal of the linguistic and international experience of Mr Stapleton, on the grounds that it is "irrevelant" and somehow sanctionned by the United States Constitution, is absurd.  By this thinking, we shall first remove the paragraphes regarding his family and early career before going after the sections which are connected to the important position that Mr Stapleton holds.  -- J.-M. Zimmer  —86.66.222.102 (talk) 08:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This has caused some to allege that his nominations as ambassador to France and Czech Republic were based more on his personal connections with the Bush family than actual international diplomacy competence and experience.
This is ridiculous.  Of course his appointment was based more on his personal connections to the Bush family than his (nonexistent) diplomatic experience.  That's how the U.S. foreign service works - ambassadors at cushy posts like Paris and London and Ottawa and Canberra and Luxembourg and so forth are wealthy donors to the president's election campaign.  Ambassadors to troubled places like Beijing or Baghdad or Kinshasa are career foreign service types.  So this sentence is ridiculous on two fronts.  In the first place, it is ridiculous for suggesting that this is only some kind of allegation - as noted, of course it's his personal connections that got him the job.  I don't think anyone would deny that.  That is, essentially, how U.S. ambassadors to France are chosen these days.  This being said, the inclusion of this at all suggests that there's something unseemly about this, but this is also ridiculous - this is perfectly normally operating procedure - Clinton did the same thing, as did Reagan and Bush before him, Carter before them, and Nixon and Ford before him.  I'm removing this unless someone can provide specific press reports where Stapleton, in particular, has been criticized. john k (talk) 21:26, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually it is rare that the US Ambassador to France does not speak French.  Your cavalier approach to nepotism is disturbing.  --Mr.Fantastique (talk) 00:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reprise 

message: Interesting wikileaks cables regarding Stapleton and pro-monsanto work in the EU. May be notable.
*articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/01/12/wikileaks-reveals-us-sought-to-retaliate-against-europe-over-monsanto-gm-crops.aspx  US Government to Europe: Give This to Your People Or There Will be "Some Pain"]
*WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Sought to Retaliate Against Europe over Monsanto GM Crops
*WikiLeaks: US targets EU over GM crops
--Travis Thurston+ 18:19, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pro Bio-tech/GMO in '07