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Nice one GW (Score:2)

by gnat (29)

I particularly like the bit of the article that says However, there has long been a sense that Mr Bush's respect for Pakistan has never extended actually to knowing anything about the place. Sweet.
--Nat
- Re:Nice one GW (Score:1)
  
  by pudge (1)
  
  Eh. They don't know much about me, why should I care if my President knows much about them?
  - Re:Nice one GW (Score:1)
    
    by autarch (914)
    
    In theory, its part of his job description to know stuff about countries around the world, or at least give the appearance of knowing.
    
    You know, foreign affairs and all that.
    - Re:Nice one GW (Score:1)
      
      by pudge (1)
      
      Sure. It makes him look bad to them. I am just saying they don't know much about us, so it is hypocritcal for them to say he should know much about them.
      - Re:Nice one GW (Score:1)
        
        by jhi (318)
        
        If your president making an ignorant ass out of himself internationally is okay by you, who am I to argue :-)
        
        Also, I'm willing to place a bet on that an average man on the streets of Islamabad knows more about USA than an average man on the streets of New York knows about Pakistan. (The greatest culprit behind that oddity: Hollywood. The second greatest: the Coca Cola - McDonalds - Disney - CNN - Etc empire.)
        
        Re:Nice one GW (Score:1)
        
        by pudge (1) on 2002.01.09 17:56 (#2963) Homepage Journal
        
        Sure, they know more about us than we know about them, but it's mostly superficial. *shrug*
        
        Eh, and maybe he made an ass out of himself, but who really cares? :)
        
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        Re:Nice one GW (Score:2)
        
        by hfb (74)
        
        Yeah, it wouldn't be anything new, would it? :)
        
        Non-US people knowing about the US (Score:1)
        
        by TorgoX (1933)
        
        What would count as deeper knowledge of the US?
        
        Re:Non-US people knowing about the US (Score:1)
        
        by pudge (1)
        
        I dunno. Something more than what's in Hollywood and in our White House. :)