A morning palate cleanser courtesy of our most brilliant President ‘evah’. Via Nile Gardiner at the Foundry:

It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime. After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past to criticise the brutal actions of the Iranian government after initially extending the hand of friendship to it. But did he really need to make another embarrassing foreign policy gaffe while doing so?

In a press conference this evening, the president referred in stumbling fashion to the “English Embassy” in Iran instead of the British Embassy. One can only imagine the kind of howls of derision that would greet any presidential contender if that kind of basic error were made before, say, the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

I searched Google and couldn’t find an ”English” embassy.  I’m thinking I’ll have to head out into the field to search for it in person.  I’ll first hitch a ride overseas to the country of Europe on the Intercontinental Railroad on which, I’ve been told, Austrian is spoken.  If successful in finding this phantom English Embassy, I’ll happily shake the hand of the Navy Corpseman guarding the compound before returning home to the 57 states. Video Below (the fun begins at about the 10 second mark):

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wat8ON_YXS0&feature=player_embedded

Take that, Iran! I’m sure Obama’s rambling condemnation has the Iranians terrified.

Update: In the comments “Blackbird” wonders if I’m planning on searching for the English Embassy on the Asian island of Hawaii. The answer is yes. As luck would have it, the intercontinental railroad has a stop there.