Canada's UN mission goes viral with tweet mocking Russian letter to UN

[Spazito]

Russia fired back, accusing Canada of "kindergarten-level Russophobic libel"

In an unorthodox diplomatic move, Canada's UN mission on Thursday tweeted out a heavily annotated letter Russia had sent to the United Nations, including in the rewrite pointed comments, later prompting Russian accusations of "kindergarten-level libel."

In a Tweet that quickly went viral, Canada's UN mission added multiple remarks to a March 16 letter from Russia's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia. The missive sought support for Russia's draft resolution on providing aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine.

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Canada's UN mission annotated one part of the Russian letter that read: "Like other members of the international community, we are gravely concerned about its deterioration," referring to the "dire humanitarian situation in and around Ukraine."

Canada's UN mission crossed out the first few words and changed the rest to read: "We are not gravely concerned about its deterioration," and inserted at the end "because we are the primary cause."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-un-mission-tweet-russia-letter-1.6389649

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

1. Read the entire 3 page letter.

It is wicked funny.

Using the most diplomatic of language and phrasing, the Canadians "corrected" Russia's letter perfectly.

[Spazito]

2. I loved every 'edit'!

I read a tweet response to it which said, "The politest middle finger they had ever seen", perfect.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

3. And they did it in RED ink.

Just like every English teacher in school and every English professor in college !!

And the Canadians are SO polite, too.

[Spazito]

4. Oh, how I dreaded that red ink....

when I got my paper back, the more red ink the greater the anxiety attack.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

5. You just know they bought it by the barrel !

[Spazito]

6. The one saving grace is....

I can honestly say I never had near as much red ink on anything as the Russians received on their letter!

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

7. Me either.

I accidently ended up with a minor in English. I double-majored at the Bachelor's level (Yes, I was wild and crazy back then.), and was told by counselors that if I took just one more semester and three English class, I could triple-major. I politely declined.

I WAS wild and crazy back then, but not THAT crazy.

[Spazito]

8. My grandson is doing a double major, Education and Biology...

the workload is crazy but he loves it. The exuberance of youth, thank goodness.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

9. Does he want to teach ?

[Spazito]

10. Yes, very much so....

He does tutoring on the side to top it all off. He is looking at teaching Biology at high school level with a possibility, in the future, of pursuing a Masters and then a PHD in hopes of attaining a position at his university.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

11. good for him.

And I wish him all the luck in the world.

[Spazito]

12. Thank you!