When ignorance not bliss: US politicians without having borders
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Each four a long time, as yet another US presidential election will come close to, along will come a new batch of candidates with dodgy overseas policy credentials. Their blunders have inspired countless jokes, but they also discredit The usa in the eyes of the planet. ­From Palin’s renowned: “You can truly see Russia from land below in Alaska,” to Michele Bachmann’s general public help for waterboarding, some US politicians exhibit a deficiency of simple information of geography and global regulation. RT’s correspondent Marina Portnaya studies on just how much this ignorance can pass on, and what can be completed to curb its tragic outcomes.