U.S. Vice President Joe Biden makes mistakes and demonstrates his ignorance of Middle East geography, British newspaper The Independent reported.
According to the newspaper, Mr Biden even tried to win the hearts of Iraqis by referring to the U.S. achievement in building hospitals in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea, a city he apparently believes is located somewhere in Iraq.
Republican candidates in the presidential election have been denigrated and discredited by gaffes like this. It is a measure of Mr Biden's reputation for overlong, tedious speeches that the U.S. media did not notice his ignorance of Middle East geography.