Should a President know how to pronounce "Abu Ghraib?" - Bush has 4 ways

[jackstraw45]

And they are ALL wrong....

Bush is beyond pathetic.

Bush saying it three wrong ways within 60 seconds:

http://homepage.mac.com/dcaolo/.Music/abu_what.mp3

"Abu-Ga-rayb" or "Abu-Garum" or "Aby gara"

And finally:

http://mp3.dubyaspeak.com/abu2.mp3

"abu-gareff"

[jackstraw45]

1. Kicking

Bush just doesn't care enough to learn the name of the prison where Americans mistreated Iraqis.

[noonwitch]

2. No, but he should know how to pronounce "nuclear"

Foreign language pronunciation is not necessary. I have no idea how Abu Ghraib should be pronounced.

[chimpy the poopthrower]

3. Well, perhaps not with perfect Arabic intonation...

...but all the media long ago settled on "Ahboo Grabe" as the Americanized way to pronounce it, and I do think Bush ought to be able to manage that.

[jackstraw45]

4. If you were PRESIDENT and briefed on the situation many times by aides

and THEN you didn't know how to pronounce it...well, I'd be really glad to have that person's finger on the button.

:eyes:

With Bush, it shows something WORSE than ignorance...it shows laziness and a lack of CONCERN on important issues.