McCain Still Hasn't Heard The News About Czechoslovakia

McCain think his biggest asset is national security and international affairs, but if he's so good, how come he doesn't know recent geopolitical history. This may be breaking news to Johnny boy, but Czechoslovakia split into two countries as a result of the Velvet Revolution, formally announcing the separate Czech and Slovakia in April of 1990. Now I know this was only 18 years ago, but come on Senator, time to get these simple facts straight.

From ThinkProgress:

During a press availability today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he’s been concerned by “a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several day,” including “reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia.” But, as TPM’s Greg Sargent points out, Czechoslovakia hasn’t existed in 15 years. This isn’t the first time McCain has made this mistake. At a debate in Oct. 2007, McCain said that America needs to “have a missile defense system in place in Czechoslovakia and Poland.”

So this isn't even the first time he's gotten it wrong. McCain has been corrected repeatedly on his geography and yet he still doesn't get it. Is he a slow learner? Not even listening when people talk to him about things he doesn't know? If he can't even consume little tidbits of geographical information (it is important to know where people are and where they come from) then how does anyone expect him to use reason and rationalization as a President dealing with world crises?