I have no itentions on turning this blog into a political discussion blog, but I can't help myself to point out a disturbing trend. The current Republican nominee seems to be lacking in geographical awareness.
I am not certain how many people remember when McCain talked about the problems at the Iraqi-Pakistan border, but we have another potential gaffe (or perhaps a serious foible in foreign policy) from the Republican candidate.
He thinks Spain may not be a friend of the United States. Spain, which is part of NATO and has contributed much in the intelligence gathering to fight terrorism. I guess the name of their prime minister[1] confused the poor guy. Either that, or McCain is very sore that Spain had no intentions to remain in Iraq for hundreds of years. Though Spain was part of the "coalition of the willing", the new prime minister (Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero) pulled the troops back in 2004.
Does it bother anyone else that the candidate who claims to have more foreign policy experience doesn't recognize the name of a current prime minister of an ally nation?
Oh well. I have a feeling that sometime in the near future someone will defend this gaffe/foible by saying something along the lines of "McCain was a POW for five years; so he didn't have a globe then" or something similarly inane.
Notes:
[1] His name does have a potential Latin flare to it due to being a Spanish name...but of course, since Spain speaks Spanish, one would assume it be possible for their prime minister to have a Spanish-sounding name. Is this a potential case of McCain showing prejudice?
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