THE TELEGRAPH: David Cameron has been accused of being a "foreign policy klutz" after he mistakenly claimed that Iran possessed a nuclear weapon.
Downing Street admitted that the Prime Minister had "misspoken" during a question and answer session with voters when he suggested that the Islamic Republic, which is seeking to develop a nuclear capacity, was already in possession of the bomb.
His slip-up came during a torrid “PM Direct” in Brighton, when he was also accused by a pensioner of “denigrating” his country by suggesting that Britain was the junior partner of the United States against the Nazis in 1940s. America did not enter the War until 1941.
It is the latest in a series of off-the-cuff foreign policy remarks, after he last week accused Pakistan of “exporting terror” and claimed that the Israelis were forcing Palestinians in Gaza to live in a “prison camp”.
Mr Cameron made his Iran blunder when he was asked why he was backing Turkey to join the European Union, telling the audience that he hoped that this could help solve global problems: "like the Middle East peace process, like the fact that Iran has got a nuclear weapon". >>> Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent | Thursday, August 05, 2010
This PM is beginning to appear inept. He has absolutely NO UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM OR THE THREAT IT POSES. His support of Turkey’s accession to the EU is nothing short of CONTEMPTIBLE; and his desire to close down discussion about the banning of the burqah is NAÏVE and STUPID and GUTLESS and SHORT-SIGHTED. Now this display of IGNORANCE! His education at Eton and Oxford is certainly NOT SERVING HIM WELL! – © Mark
