Shakedown in Copenhagen

If you would know what Copenhagen is all about, hearken to this nugget in the Washington Post’s report from the Danish capital:

“Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenari – who is representing all of Africa here – unveiled his proposal Wednesday for a system in which rich countries would provide money to poor ones to help deal with the effects of climate change. …

“Zenawi said he would accept $30 billion in the short term, rising to $100 billion by 2020. … This was seen as a key concession by developing countries, which had previously spurned that figure … as too low.”

There was a time when a U.S. diplomat would have burst out laughing after listening to a Third World con artist like this.