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

[zstone]

Maybe there is a Nepal problem we don't know about.

[peterg76]

The really scary part is that, as Bush apparatchiks go, his geographic accuracy is above average.

[HumeSkeptic]

He should be promoted to Sec of Def. That's how Condi got promoted.

[Umungus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal

[pfc1369]

S'opolous was so eager for a got'cha, the Hadley tool could have said Bosnia five times without being corrected.

[leftofliberal01]

thanks huffpost....i thought i had entered another reality ....nepal, nepal, nepal????
ooops...it is another reality...over soon i hope..
if hadley is from vidor tx.....that explains alot....not a pretty history in that town....

[spiritualized]

oh man, he mentions nepal about 7 times.

[urgk]

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

...Also confuses "a**" with "a hole in the ground," "sh*t " with "Shinola" and "an incompetent, pampered, stubborn, blundering, chronic failure" with "President of the United States."

[CBS]

And George Stephanopoulis let him say Nepal instead of Tibet at least FIVE times so apparently he does not know the difference either. And we listen to these ignorant people. Shame on us.

[Nyland8]

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

That's just because of the altitude. When I'm up there, if I don't have my GPS turned on, I can't tell where I am either.

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[jazzman]

If he could tell the difference he wouldn't be qualified to be in the Bush cabinet.

[Idiocracy]

Another Bush Idiot

[iheardthisbefore]

What else would one EXPECT from these ignorant mongrel hacks.....
IMPEACH THEIR MASTERS and send the mongrels packing.

[AnnArky]

Now, pleeeeez. By now we all know that the lackeys, puppets, tools and general Bushidiots have a very minimal grasp of the true goings-on in the world. For this poor jerk to confuse Tibet with Nepal is what we've all come to expect from the yes-men and chair-warmers who make up this administration. In less than a year this guy will be back selling life insurance in Vidor, TX.

[thatsitfortheotherone]

Ya seen one Hindukush, ya seen em all.

[CBS]

Flagged as racist

[whoopingcrone]

Looks like Hadley has company.
The Hindu KUSH is a place not a body part.

[Prophesy]

Double flagged

[MsLiz]

It is a mountain range, people. Google before you shoot!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Kush