Posted on 04/16/2012 11:56:26 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Barack Obama made an uncharacteristic error, more akin to those of his predecessor George W Bush, by referring to the Falkland Islands as the Maldives.
President Obama erred during a speech at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, when attempting to call the disputed archipelago by its Spanish name.
Instead of saying Malvinas, however, Mr Obama referred to the islands as the Maldives, a group of 26 atolls off that lie off the South coast of India.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Don't forget Hawaii,,,,it's in Asia dontcha know!
The Emperor has no clothes but his scribes simply can’t see the obvious.
I agree with you.
But, of course, with Bush, the press was just looking for things to complain about. Bush once said that "Terrorists will find no safe harbor in Afghanistan". That's an idiomatic expression. It's not wrong (though perhaps not artful). But the press couldn't stop laughing at the stupid president -- Afghanistan doesn't have any harbors!!!!
Bush wasn't talking about a harbor. Shipping was not the topic. But that point escaped the press, who just felt like laughing at him.
Things are different now.
“Bush wasn’t talking about a harbor. Shipping was not the topic. But that point escaped the press, who just felt like laughing at him.
Things are different now.”
Yes, they are...
A DEMOCRAT is in charge now.
Any mainstream media reporter that DARES to speak the truth about THE MESSIAH will find themselves fired, branded a racist, and on the street looking for a new media job, in the horrible Obama economy.
Now, you wouldn’t want THAT, would you, Mr. Media Guy?
The Malvinas is a LSD fantasy Argentine politicians pull out when they want to distract the peons from the fact that their lives both suck and blow.
hey, betcha Cristina Fernandez never thought of invading the Maldives!
That would keep her electorate pre-occupied and off her back for quite awhile...
They are called the Falklands. End of Story.
I spent 6 months of my life - a month of it so sea sick I wanted to curl up and die - ensuring they would remain that name.
I don’t approve of name calling, but this guy really is a dumba^s, isn’t he. Kick your oldest and strongest ally yet again.
You know what? I bet the press CORPSE covers this up in all 57 states...!
Mulva???
>>>It is the Falkland Islands.
The Malvinas is a LSD fantasy Argentine politicians pull out when they want to distract the peons from the fact that their lives both suck and blow.<<<
100% correct. Anyone looking at the history will see that Argentina has about as strong a claim on the Florida Keys, the Hawaiian Islands or the real Maldives, as it has on the Falklands.
“Reference plus ungood delete Maldives insert Malvinas/Bush’s fault end”
U.S. Media Coverage:
“COMRADE CHAIRMAN OBAMAKOV Renames Falklands Islands ‘The Maldives’!”
‘Reporters and staffers trembled in awe of the brilliance of The MESSIAH!’
Not one of you has yet posted the REAL reason for this.
The Maldives are majority mudslime. Ergo, it is an important place to owebama.
The Falklands (Malvinas) are inhabited by white Christians. Ergo, NOT an important place to owebama.
How can he be expected to distinguish between islands in the South Atlantic and islands in the Indian Ocean?
Anyway - criticism of his geograpical shortcomings can only be based on pure racism.
/s
"What's the name of that island? Is it Moline? I think I found it here in Illinois."
You’d think a guy born in Kenya would know the Malidves are off the Kenyan coast!
“I don’t approve of name calling, but this guy really is a dumba^s, isn’t he.”
U.S. Media Response:
“You must be a RACIST. When did you become a RACIST BIGOT?”
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