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 ...
Well of course he is familiar with the Maldives. It’s one of the 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Conference.
“I be lookin’ fo’ my home hown here in Kenya”
‘Comrades!’ cried an eager youthful voice. ‘Attention, comrades! We have glorious news for you. In his infinite wisdom Big Bro’ has decided to re-name the countries of the world!
All over Oceania this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations when Comrade gerbalists marched out of newsrooms and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their gratitude to Big Bro’ for the new, happy life which his wise leadership has bestowed upon us.
Here are some of the changed names. Malvinas: Maldives. Maldives: Malvinas. Canada: Canukistan. Kenya: The New World Capitol. England: StupidLittleIsland. Europe: USA. USA: The Western Caliphate (You will see Newspeak 11th ed. for remainder).
We really need badges for that :)
Understandable that he said The Maldives.... they’re in his old neighborhood.
His advisors and speech writers are that ignorant?
At the time of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, Argentina claimed the islands but no one was living there. A few years later Argentina sent a garrison which was ousted by the British in 1833. It has been British since then except for the two months of Argentine occupation in 1982.
I don't expect the Latin American countries would side with the UK or the US on this. True, the people living there now want to be British, but the same is true of the majority of the people living in the parts of the US that briefly belonged to Mexico. I imagine that if a poll were taken of public opinion in Latin America and they were asked "should the US return to Mexico the lands it acquired by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase," most people would say, "Si."
Trust me, we don’t mind doing it.
Sure, it is a little annoying to pay for, but we keep our word. The Islanders wished to stay as British subjects in a free election.
P.S - can we have Grenada back sometime soon? /gentle leg pull.
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Nope, but the can keep their own doctor.
People do misspeak. What I find troubling is that Obama reads his speeches - presumably these speeches are vetted and proofed by the White House staff (and presumably, the State Department). Apparently NO ONE in the administration knows the difference! THAT is scary!
Bush once referred to Africa as a country - that was more important to the press than the fact that he poured rivers of money into AIDS prevention on that continent.
an uncharacteristic error
has the idiot that wrote the article been watching this moron for the last 4 years. the level of stupidity that this man AND his speechwriters show, on a consistent and almost daily basis, boggles the mind.
I must live in an alternate universe.
“Even if he got it right, calling it the Malvinas is practically siding with Argentina, as far as the Brits are concerned.”
You’re right; he fully intended to say “Malvinas” to pander to all of those countries. Many of them feel no affinity towards Argentina, but also accept that the islands should belong to them.
Americans rarely refer to them as “the Malvinas Islands”; it was pandering to Hispanic voters here as well.
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wow, they still blamed bush for this one.
Obama makes this screw ups all the time and I bet this was NOT an accident. Obama made a slip to show he sides with enemies of the alies.
wow, they still blamed bush for this one.
Obama makes this screw ups all the time and I bet this was NOT an accident. Obama made a slip to show he sides with enemies of the alies.
those Byzantines may be down but they’re not out!
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