Posted on 02/25/2013 8:23:43 AM PST by Sub-Driver
John Kerry invents country of Kyrzakhstan
John Kerry has suffered his first gaffe as the new US secretary of state, inventing the nation of 'Kyrzakhstan'
By Jonathan Earle, Moscow
11:36AM GMT 25 Feb 2013
In an embarrassing slip of the tongue, Mr Kerry last week praised US diplomats working to secure "democratic institutions" in the Central Asian country, which does not exist.
The newly minted diplomat was referring to Kyrgyzstan, a poor, landlocked nation of 5.5 million, which he appeared to confuse with its resource-rich neighbour to the north, Kazakhstan.
The State Department kindly omitted the error in the official transcript of Wednesday's speech, which Mr Kerry delivered on the eve of his first foreign trip as secretary of state.
Mr 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.
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“Quick! Fire up the jet; I'll make a personal visit. Bring an interpreter who speaks Kyrgzikistani, my dinner jacket and my wind surfing gear. Might as well catch some waves at the local beach while I'm there. Oh, and that “overcharge” button Hillary used. That worked well.”
“Sir, Kazakhstan is in CENTRAL ... oh never mind. I'll go get your wetsuit.”
The ONLY intelligent thing kerry ever did for himself was to marry theresa heinz. Now we’ve got STOOPID to represent the USA.
Long story, but I got on his mailing list back around 2003, and was aghast to see he was running for president. The notion seemed proposterous.
Since then stranger, much, much stranger, things have happened.
Tell me again how Bush was the idiot...
Remember when the media asked Bush a trap question and when they obsessed over Dan Quayle and spelling? This piece of communist $h!t shows his stupidity and they call it a “gaffe.”
That would be Krazystan...
Yet the media crucified Herman Cain for this...
Seriously, I want Borat for Secretary of State. We need a plain speaker instead of all of these insider obfuscators. :)
Not haveing any respect for Kerry (who also served in Cambodia on christmas eve): Perhaps he meant Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east.
It didn’t take long for this to become the top trending topic on twitter.
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23JohnKerryNewCountries&src=hash
You know! It's that country between Gigolovia and the Isle of Mohrmeyacht..
there is no BURMA anymore, either, it is myanmar now
Back about that time I met the guy at a reception for my sister’s ex (his father was politically connected).
There’s 5 minutes of my life I’ll never get back...
CA....
And he brought a Teddy Bear, flowers and chocolate to the Yugoputamian embassy.
It’s right next door to Kerplakistan, home of Mount Krasnydang.
I think it’s near North Wazzupistan.
I heard this guy served in Vietnam. Any truth to that?
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