Arizona Senator John McCain is continually being advertised as an experienced foreign relations saber tooth and expert on world affairs, in particular the Mid-East.
With that, it appears that these days all you need is a Junior High geography aptitude to be considered an expert.
In an interview the other night, McCain expressed concern over securing the Afghanistan, Pakistan border. There's one small problem.
The "border" between Pakistan and Afghanistan is pretty large.
It's a country called Iran. Perhaps you've heard of it.
Sadly, this isn't the first gaffe McCain has made.
He's confused Somalia with Sudan (both in Africa, so we'll give him a mulligan on that one) and mistaken the Sunnis for the Shiites in Iraq, which is unforgivable for McCain, the Iraq "surge protector".
Some McCain errors are even too tasty for Fox News to ignore. At a recent town hall style meeting in New Mexico, McCain made reference to the country Czechoslovakia. Actually, he was repeating the same gaffe he made in Phoenix a few days prior.
The former Czechoslovakia, as you know, is now two countries. Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
McCain may just be nostalgic for the good 'ol days of the Cold War.
About thirty years ago, McCain may have mistaken his wife Carol for a young woman named Cindy that he met on a Hawaiian beach.
We hear much about John McCain and his high moral character, world experience and sound judgement.
We're also still waiting to witness it.
21 July, 2008
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Czechoslovakia hasn't been a nation since, oh, 1993. Fifteen years later and the old codger still can't get it right?
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