De considerationes in res externas

I am not going to go into the whole Romanian horse meat scandal. Knowing full well how the system works, having stumbled upon it numerous times in the past, I ascertain that neither the Romanian side nor its French counterpart or anybody else mixed into this business have executed their respective parts to the letter. In any case, even if in the end Romania presents irrefutable evidence that the mistake did not lie therein, the international image is once again distorted, adding to the numerous scandals from the past. When and if the evidence finally surfaces, nobody will care that it was not the Romanian abattoirs who were at fault.

What I found even more disturbing, however, was the Romanian Ambassador's appearance on CNN. Not only once have I expressed my sincerest disdain for people who are incapable of carrying out their job, who would not so much as earn a passing grade in what they do, if they were to be sincerely and objectively examined. An ambassador's first and foremost mission, besides representing the country, is to be able to communicate successfully with the authorities of the respective country, for the benefit of bilateral cooperation and for the benefit of the aliens legally living in said country.

The Romanian ambassador not only fails at representing Romania, from my point of view he actually did Romania a disservice by appearing on CNN, he fails at even the most basic of prerequisites of the job: speaking English! I am flabbergasted and wonder how difficult can it be to not be able to master a passing grade in proficient communication when you have been the ambassador since 2008?! And yes, I demand proficient communication because he is not just some random public servant, he is not just some member of the diplomatic mission, he is the ambassador. And to have a representative who can barely speak any English(but who has the irreverent audacity to name his English skill in his CV as "very good" ) and above that to send him on one of the most important and most watched news channels in the world to make a fool of himself is, well, just plain idiotic.

I shall say it again: A worse disservice has been done to the Romanian image by this baffling and meagre attempt at an explanation than by the scandal per se. It is not that I find it a necessity that the ambassador be Oxford schooled, most if not all of the people who are Oxford schooled(and who indeed are as such, not just pretend to be in their Curricula Vitae) do not wish to have anything to do with the country after the completion of the studies, but this cannot be the best that we can give. The man comes off as an inbred, uncultivated yob who was sent by "central command" to mumble a few unintelligible utterances. And when, as a British national, you are already taken aback by the fact that you may have eaten horse meat and had not known about it, the last thing you want to do is to see a man who claims to be an Ambassador to your Kingdom for 5 years but who barely speaks your language telling you that it was not Romania's fault. You get even angrier. And for good cause, too.

You do not represent me, sir. Nor do you represent any of the other people from the very select group of individuals who actually have the necessary qualifications to do their jobs. Enroll in an English class, you need it. Laugh for yourselves