Diplomacy News: Faux Pas De Deux
Will this display of silky Bush skill and suavity never end? Someone get these people a protocol droid, since they haven’t got any damned manners whatsoever:
One:
Yesterday, the White House website featured a graphic with the flags of the three countries he?s visiting on his trip ? Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. One problem: instead of displaying the Vietnamese flag, the White House graphic featured the old flag of South Vietnam. That flag hasn?t been the official flag of Vietnam since South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam in 1975.
Wow, I bet that went down well with their hosts.
Two:
Laura Bush in Indonesia. Yes, she might well look as though someone died…
“White is the colour of mourning. Ancient Chinese people wore white clothes and hats only when they mourned for the dead. That tradition is still practiced right now all over SE Asia. “
Oops.
(h/t Watertiger)
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