Pathetic
I mean, it's not like much really surprises me anymore, and it's not like I wasn't aware of Bush's lack of foreign policy experience. But, um, still. This (from Democracy now 8-7-06) is pathetic if true (and I sort of don't doubt it).
Book: Bush Didn't Know Difference Between Shiites and Sunnis
And finally a new book by former U.S. ambassador Peter Galbraith has raised questions about President Bush's understanding of the Middle East. According to Galbraith, the president didn't understand as recently as 2002 that there were two major branches of Islam in Iraq -- Sunnis and Shiites. At a meeting with Iraqi Americans the president reportedly said, "I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."
Book: Bush Didn't Know Difference Between Shiites and Sunnis
And finally a new book by former U.S. ambassador Peter Galbraith has raised questions about President Bush's understanding of the Middle East. According to Galbraith, the president didn't understand as recently as 2002 that there were two major branches of Islam in Iraq -- Sunnis and Shiites. At a meeting with Iraqi Americans the president reportedly said, "I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."