Q Is there some sort of diplomatic rhubarb brewing between the U.S. and the European Union about the use of the International Criminal Court to punish possible Darfur war crimes, so to speak?

MR. BOUCHER: So to speak?

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Q Yeah.

MR. BOUCHER: What's the matter with rhubarb? Some people like it. . . . So having defended rhubarb, let me go on to tell you about where we are on this question.

The Bush State Department, then. Rhubarb: Good and good for you. International accountability? Apparently, an acquired taste.

Daily Press Briefing, Richard Boucher, Spokesman, Washington, DC, January 21, 2005 [State.gov]