Pronounce Like a President
Bush's little chat about how we're sanctioning Myanmar came with a handy guide to pronouncing the difficult words that come up when you're discussing foreign policy. So naturallyForeign Policygot a copy of the phonetically written speech, so you can play along at home!Here are some of the many, many words our President doesn't know how to say:
* Kyrgyzstan [KEYR-geez-stan]
* Mauritania [moor-EH-tain-ee-a]
* Harare [hah-RAR-ray]
* Mugabe [moo-GAH-bee]
* Sarkozy [sar-KO-zee]
* Caracas [kah-RAH-kus]
As usual, while it initiallylookslike the President just isn't very smart (Caracas? Seriously?) it's actually more proof of his cunning. The fact that none of the national security memos and illegal executive orders of his terrible presidency were written phonetically will in fact be the linchpin of his defense in his post-presidency war crimes trial.
Cranking Up the Pain on Burma [Foreign Policy]