French FM Mistakenly Says Israel Can 'Eat' Iran

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 6, 2008 5:12 PM CDT
French FM Mistakenly Says Israel Can 'Eat' Iran
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner sits next to Israeli Foreign minister Tzipi Livni on October 05, 2008, in Jerusalem, Israel.   (Getty Images)

A slip of the "h" landed France's foreign minister in hot water yesterday, Reuters reports. Bernard Kouchner told an Israeli newspaper that a nuclear weapon would not protect Iran "because you will eat them before." France shot off a quick statement explaining that Kouchner, like many English speakers in France, dropped the "h" in "hit" and came up with "eat."
(More Bernard Kouchner stories.)

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