Shocking stuff...

No, he is really talking about Nepal. FREE NEPAL! I support polygamy!

what a doosh...

Stephanopoulos (the anchor) is just as guilty for not correcting or even noticing this blatant error.

Goodness! Makes them look pretty stupid acting all serious and stuff, talking about things they don't know.

As an American, this is embarrassing.

meh,

You may be more embarrassed.

In other sites, I read post about reporter asked pro-Tibet protesters in San Francisco where Tibet is in map, and almost none knows. link

In the comment of above link, someone refers to youtube is G F W ed and this time, so I haven't watched it myself.

Oops. Strange concatenation. (function of MT?)

I want to say, someone refers to a link (on youtube), and youtube is G F W ed this time. But the post appears in a way not typed by me.

Lark In Cloud: I adjusted your link to point directly to youtube. We generally do this with tinyurl links so that people can see what they're clicking on, and I usually make a note when I do - neglected to this time. My apologies.

I think what he really means is Nepal instead of Tibet. This video I assume is cut out from a contexted interview following the demonstrations in Nepal for a free Tibet. I can hardly imagine people making stupid mistakes like this.

Stephen Hadley has previously spoken at length about the situation in Tibet, protests, and the olympics, and I generally agree with him in that direct confrontation with China over human rights issues is. In this particular instance he may have been preoccupied with the election in Nepal, which caused him to make this bad flub. Please recognise that this is clearly a flub, and not in any way proof of Hadley's supposed ignorance of current events.

Before you post "damning" evidence of the U.S. State Department's incompetence, I suggest you take that extra step and make sure you are characterizing these people correctly. Other clips of Hadley's views on Tibet are easy to find, including on Chinese websites where his opinions are generally received favorably.

I guess I cut myself off mid-sentence. What I meant to say was: I generally agree with him in that direct confrontation with China over human rights issues is counterproductive.

good job, jeremy. I laughed watching the video until my stomach hurts...But,later,
I am wondering how much the Western world truly understands China and the issue of Tibet before they are boycotting the Olympics-- Tibet's feudal surfdom that deeply impoverished Tibetans before Chinese government entered in 1951, the origin of the Han/Tibetan conflict, is Dalai Lama as benevolent as his speeches 100%? why those happy Tibetans never get interviewed or edited into soundbites by Western media, and recently, why and how did China's stopping Tibetan's burning smashing and looting of ethnic Han and Hui with tear gases and shields became "a brutal crackdown"?

Stephen Hadley is probably OK - I believe he knows Tibet than most of the activists out there, who can't pinpoint Tibet on a map.

The ignorance of some protesters reminds me a scene in Ang Lee's movie "the Wedding Banquet": a guest is munching in the banquet while overheard his fellow guest talking and realized he's in the wrong wedding, acted surprised for a split second, he continued munching.

When I listened to this via podcast, the most confusing part was that Jimmy Carter was on just before Hadley talking about the Nepalese elections. So when Hadley made the mistake the first time, I thought maybe he was somehow connecting things to that. The whole thing was bizarre.

It makes sense that he's a team member of Bush's administration.

Holy Shi'ite Muslim! What a pair of naive knuckleheads. Stephen Hadley is a complete idiot for saying Nepal instead of Tibet.
I watched this clip again and counted seven times where he actually says "Nepal" instead of "Tibet" in reference to how China treats its own citizens.
Stephen Hadley is a complete idiot and George Stephanolopous is a total moron for not calling him out on this serious error. Instead, George acts like a 7 year old girl with his constant "Why don't you answer my question" barrage.
The Chinese government is going to eat this up like a bowl of wonton soup.

This is how stupid they are!

Provence--I assume you're saying that because of Bush's own predilection for astounding bouts of ignorance, but Bush's administration has been far more favorable to China that a Democratic administration will ever be. Something we tend not to think about too much, I think.