Bush Security Adviser Stephen Hadley Can't Tell The Difference Between Nepal And Tibet

President Bush's National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley appeared on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos and repeatedly confused Nepal and Tibet.

Discussing how Bush has "no reason not to go" to this summer's Olympic games in Beijing and how boycotting them would be wrong, Hadley discussed the outcry over Tibet and the US response, only he kept saying Nepal.

"If countries are really concerned about Nepal, we shouldn't have this sort of non-issue of opening ceremonies or not. They should do the hard work of quiet diplomacy to urge the Chinese government -- in their interest -- to take advantage of this opportunity to do something," Hadley said.

He went on, "The way to deal with the issue of Nepal is not by some -- a statement that you're not going to the opening ceremonies and say, therefore, I checked the Nepal box."

And it didn't end there. "What he's doing on Nepal is what we think the international community ought to be doing, which is approaching the Chinese privately through diplomatic channels and sending a very firm message of concern for human rights, a concern for what's happening in Nepal, urging the Chinese government to understand that it is in their interest to reach out to representatives of the Dalai Lama, and to show, while the whole world is watching China, that they are determined to treat their citizens with dignity and respect. There is an opportunity here."

Nepal, which shares a border with Tibet and which is an independent constitutional monarchy, has about 29 million people, is 10% Buddhist and is not the home of the Dalai Lama.

Video of the horrendous gaffe below:

Comments

[donkee]

I wonder

if bush is going to

the Olympics

heh...

[Amennyc]

I can't wait to see Bush boo'd at the Olympics. The rest of the world is not fooled like the USA and will show no mercy.

[tenzindorje]

Yes, Bush is going to the Olympics, but since nobody in his administration can locate foreign countries on a map, he'll probably end up in Chile.

[yathink]

Yale and Cornell certainly granted degrees to some subprime students in the recent past. Do these schools actually teach the U.S. Constitution? High school geography? Literacy? Bet he has to have GPS to find out where he is at any given moment.

[dwillisno1]

GPS doesn't work for neocons. They uae GOPS which is GPS for alternative universe and alternative reality. This guy is dumber than Brownie

[Economike]

Love it, GOPS so they can navigate the reality they create.

[CAPTAINSKIPPY]

Sure helps to have troops and pilots familiar with geography and bombs and guns, so the elite war criminal bureaucrats like Mr. Hadley can volunteer them around the world for duty, no questions asked, just like Chimpy and Cheney and their corpoRat handlers want.. Where is the House Un-American Activities Committee when we really need it to rid ourselves of these fascist greedhog idiots? Working for the fascist lobbyists it seems?

[BWonka]

Sounds like McCain has found his Sec't. of State. Unless he's a Sunni... or is it Shiites McCain hates?

[deweshk]

Blithering ignorant idiots, masquerading as intellectuals. How did he get to be one? Cronyism.

[Colmore]

So? He fits right in with the rest of the administration of unqualified boobs. The only thing that bothers me is when this administration mentions a country over and over, they want to end up invading. Next Iran, then Nepal????

[MACinCHI]

Of course! Nepal has cornered the world's supply of Yak butter and keeps flaunting their ability to repeatedly climb the world's highest mountain. They're an obvious threat to our lifestyle and should be taken out.

[Bushwillresign]

What is the name of those guys that carry all the gear for the fearless explorers? Is it caddy or chalupa or schleper? I'm scratching my head on this one. Are they from Nepal or Tibet?

[donaldw6]

Talk about out of touch! Tibet and the Dalai Lama have never gotten anywhere near that unctuous SOB's cold heart.

[plages]

Another tumor has spoken!

[nomobull]

another idiot working for dumya

[MainSpark]

But he's loyal!

[Meah]

A perfect photo of Hadley! He said something else real stupid there too, didn't he?

[aicon]

to show how ignorant they are all of them. What a shame. Wake up America. Those who havent figured out yet that we re led by incompetent morons

[NelsonR]

If it wasn't so sad it would be hilllarious. The entire Bush bureaucracy are such dolts it's hard to fathom we could have worse. Another example, Condi Rice trotting around the world for seven years, getting off the plane, smiling broadly but in the end nothing accomplished. Well, she does have a propensity to spend tax payers money. Where can I get a job accomplishing nothing and having an unlimited expense account? Where's my Bushie, I need a job? I will share a tall drink with you while we pass the time having another, this way I'm in your comfortable zone and I can hear the English language butchered. Oh, you have to love a Repugnant Republican. War anyone.

[1differentdrummer]

Condi does and says exactly what is expected of her. No doubt intelligent, she's a real team player.

[Meah]

Ever hear of eggheads? They are college professors who in real life do not get it.

[Pyfagorus]

If Republican foreign policy were surgery, patients would go in for a heart bypass and walk out with a hysterectomy.

[ejay579]

No, they would go to a proctologist for a nose job and come out looking like the asses they really are.

[Probus]

No wonder we can't get things right in Iraq. Our National Security Adviser can't tell the difference between Tibet and Nepal. No wonder he works for the dumbest president we've ever had. While I am not surprised that Hadley would make such a blunder over and over I am surprised that host Stephanopoulos never bothered to correct him. Could it be that the host himself doesn't know the difference or was it that he didn't want to embarrass Hadley.

[MainSpark]

"Could it be that the host himself doesn't know the difference or was it that he didn't want to embarrass Hadley."

Or maybe he just wanted to let Hadley embarrass himself.

[partyofone]

I thought Hillary brought peace to both Tibet and Nepal in the 1990s, when she took the Chinese to task for human rights. Or was that just women's rights, not applying to Buddhist monks active in political resistance?

[Meah]

That's right. She went to the Dali Lama when he was living in Khatmandu, and she told him to get himself a gun and shoot ducks so he and his people will not starve. He had to flee, however, to a country named Tibet, so that he and his people would be safe. They were castigated for shooting ducks in Nepal. Then the Chinese went to Nepal and had elections. The Maoists won. Hillary Clinton saved the day, again! The Bush administration of course, takes exception with even talking to the Nepalese, and everyone is going to the Olympics opening ceremonies. Maybe the Pope will even be there.

[politicsnut]

HILLAREOUS!!!! You should write for SNL and maybe they'll be a success again!

[Wulfstan]

Yep, she faced off a red army tank in Tiananmen Square.