Posted on 02/25/2013 8:21:49 AM PST by Kaslin
According to The Telegraph, Kerry seemed to confuse the country of Kyrgyzstan with its northern neighbor, Kazakhstan:
The State Department kindly omitted the error in the official transcript of Wednesday’s speech, which Kerry delivered on the eve of his first foreign trip as secretary of state.
Kerry’s flub was all the more awkward, because Kyrgyzstan is a key ally in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and a major recipient of US aid, which totalled $41 million (£27 million) in 2011.
Washington has actively promoted democratic development in the country since pro-democracy revolutions topped strongmen in 2005 and 2010, leading to free elections in 2011.
A secretary at the Kyrgyz Embassy in London said nobody was available to comment.
That must be where Jenjis Khan is from........
John F’ing Kerry’s been hanging around with Shotgun Joe for too long. Hey, did you know Kerry was in Vietnam?
And Kerry was selected due to him knowledge and experiences in foreign policy. In other words, he was the best of the best that was available...
There have been rumors.......
The ‘Best and the Brightest’............
Perhaps the Muslims of Kyrzakhstan will invite ol’ John to sing carols at Christmas.
One thing about this admin. and most leftys is you don’t know weather to laugh or cry....so I guess you just have to shake your head and hope for the best....
He is a bag of douche.
Oh, wait.
But did they check with the Kyrzakh Embassy?
Or Mr. Mxlplx.
It’s a small country next to Ugaffealot.
Mr. Teresa Heinz is auditioning for a role in “Borat II”.
So how long have you been ahh retaaard?? sounds like a question for Biden not Kerry
Pack the Sponge Bob motif bandaids.
I was deployed to Uzbekistan ten years back. After we learned to say the ‘Stan names of Kazakh, Turkmen, Tadjik, Kyrgyz (”Keer-ghiz”) & Uzbek (my C.O. called them “You-becks”) there were the minority groups in each ‘Stan. `Karakalpaks’ were my favorite.
Anyway, our SecyState needs to be deported to Kerrystan on the Outer Mongolian border, and left there. Geez, what an idiot!
Excellent and I agree completely
No, it’s a real country. John Kerry was sent there by President George Washington back in 1964. It’s seared—seared into his memory.
Or maybe Moronica?
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