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Americans are infamously bad at geography. When polled by the National Geographic Society back in 2006, 62 percent of U.S. citizens were unable to locate Iraq on a map, 75 percent were unable to locate Israel, and 47 percent could not find the Indian subcontinent. They didn't fare any better when asked about their own country, either. Nearly half of the Americans polled didn't know where Mississippi was.
It's certainly nothing to be proud of. But would it be too much to ask for our politicians, public figures and elected officials the ones directly involved in foreign affairs to know what they're talking about?
Unfortunately, it is too much to ask. Here are nine of the worst geographical gaffes ever uttered by our politicians.