There is a price to pay for ignorance such as, for example, having a foreign Ambassador issuing the following communique:

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Nope, this is not a joke.  You can find the original page here:

http://www.mzv.cz/washington/en/czech_u_s_relations/news/statement_of_the_ambassador_of_the_czech.html

But what a shame for a country which fancies itself as some kind of world policeman with a “special responsibility’ or even the ‘leader of the free world”.

This reminds me of this one: