Well, this would be hilarious if it weren't so embarrassing

[spinbaby]

The ambassador of the Czech Republic released a statement on the Boston terrorist attack and had to explain that The Czech Republic and Chechnya are entirely different places.

http://www.mzv.cz/washington/en/czech_u_s_relations/news/statement_of_the_ambassador_of_the_czech.html

[JI7]

1. i saw some other stuff on this, many people thought they were the same thing

[Warpy]

2. Must've been Pox News again

I hope Obama issues them an apology for the level of ignorance among the right wing in the US.

[flamingdem]

3. no way, this is Borat level

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

[Baitball Blogger]

6. +1

[DesertFlower]

5. sarah palin just came to my mind.

[pangaia]

7. According to the brothers' uncle,

they weren't from Chechnya anyway.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Who did he have to explain it too??????

[spinbaby]

10. According to the statement...

...the "social media."

[Hissyspit]

11. 96% of Americans?

Just a guess.

[arcane1]

12. This is the country that needed the president to remind them to wash their hands.

Even if this geography lesson was preemptive, I wouldn't blame him one bit for feeling it was necessary.

[bvar22]

9. U.S. Americans need more maps!

[abbeyco]

13. + a brazillion

Never doubt the sheer idiocy of the low-information republics - they don't understand that they're stupid.

[TDale313]

14. Rachel just mentioned this.

[kenny blankenship]

15. Nice of him to check in.

[PeaceNikki]

17. Nobody said anything about Palin...

The ambassador did release that because of geographically challenged Twats.

[uppityperson]

18. No one here said Palin said it. However, a whole lot of other people did. Why are you on DU?