John McCain, sans brain, re: Spain
John McCain recently demonstrated his "foreign policy experience" by either failing to recognize or deliberately insulting the Prime Minister of Spain.
John McCain gave an interview to an English language radio station in Miami. The interview started with questions about relations with various South America countries, then moved on to questions about Spain and Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero.
Except that McCain seems not to have noticed the change.
He answered with general purpose non-answers as one might expect from someone who thought he was talking about some South American leader he'd never heard of before.
From this, much of the Spanish press has concluded that the Republican candidate, who hails himself as the experienced foreign policy choice in this election, confused Spain - a NATO member and key ally in the fight against terrorism - with one of those troublesome Latin American states. That was certainly the interviewer's impression, for she followed up with a gentle reminder that Spain was a country in Europe. As Spanish newspaper El País put it, "In the best-case scenario, [his answer] demonstrates his ignorance with respect to Zapatero.
from Time
John McCain gave an interview to an English language radio station in Miami. The interview started with questions about relations with various South America countries, then moved on to questions about Spain and Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero.
Except that McCain seems not to have noticed the change.
He answered with general purpose non-answers as one might expect from someone who thought he was talking about some South American leader he'd never heard of before.
From this, much of the Spanish press has concluded that the Republican candidate, who hails himself as the experienced foreign policy choice in this election, confused Spain - a NATO member and key ally in the fight against terrorism - with one of those troublesome Latin American states. That was certainly the interviewer's impression, for she followed up with a gentle reminder that Spain was a country in Europe. As Spanish newspaper El País put it, "In the best-case scenario, [his answer] demonstrates his ignorance with respect to Zapatero.
from Time