Undiplomatic

Still ahead, what some re calling undiplomatic moves from the U.S. 'top diplomats. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In a world in which sometimes people have got the oil we need or don't like us, kind of undiplomatic way of putting it, it means we got a national security issue. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Actually, Colin Powell wrote a very appropriate and unusually "undiplomatic" Op/Ed in The New York Times, laying out the human-rights case against Mugabe and talking about the steps the U.S. and Europe were taking and how we needed help from our African allies. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The newspaper quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Zambia would have no choice but to declare Saudubray persona non-grata if he repeated his "undiplomatic" conduct. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Asked about Kan's statements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said they were "undiplomatic" and contrasted sharply with the positive tone of a meeting between Kan and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Yokohama last fall. ❋ Unknown (2011)

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday demanded an apology from Germany for the "undiplomatic" remarks made by a German parliamentary delegation about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a recent visit to the state. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Chernomyrdin was under threat of expulsion in February over what Ukrainian authorities said were "undiplomatic" statements critical of Kiev's policies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"undiplomatic" and unhelpful, particularly those suggesting that he, Tsvangirai was an obstacle to talks or that Mugabe had to be recognised as the legitimate winner of the 2001 presidential poll ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Whatever it might be in our imaginations, it spells" undiplomatic "in the kind of rough and ready capital letters found stencilled on to the side of tanks, armoured cars and military trucks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They can write whatever nonsensical, reactionary, undiplomatic and spuriously reasoned critique they want. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

It's hard to know who deserves the mulligan more in this situation: State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley for tweeting Iran's Ahmadinejad an undiplomatic birthday greeting, or Sarah Palin for missing the joke. ❋ Dana Milbank (2010)

In short, there is no reason to believe that the undiplomatic speech of Geert Wilders is the biggest threat to Dutch harmony and lifestyle, even if it is hateful to point out the obvious. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In his memoirs, he wrote: “I never doubted the wisdom of canceling our offer but I was concerned, in view of the events of the following weeks, that we might have been undiplomatic in the way the cancellation was handled.” ❋ David A. Nichols (2011)

This undiplomatic advice was followed by orders to learn all he could about French numbers, dispositions, and intentions. ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

I think Papandreou is making this political, which is disrespectful: he just wants to pep up his polls, and that in a very undiplomatic manner. ❋ Unknown (2011)