Dumbest Quote About International Diplomacy. Ever.

Not like dumb because it’s wrong or dumb because it’s pretentious. Dumb because it’s moronic.

Japan’s outspoken foreign minister said “blue-eyed, blond” Westerners probably would not be as successful as the Japanese in Middle East diplomacy, media reported Thursday. Taro Aso made the remarks Wednesday during a speech in southwestern Japan, business daily Nikkei reported. National newspaper Mainichi carried a similar report. “Japan is doing what the Americans can’t do. The Japanese are trusted. It’s probably no good with blue eyes and blond hair,” he was quoted as saying by the papers, referring to projects in Jordan River Rift Valley initiated by Japan. “Luckily, we have yellow faces. We have no history of exploitation there or … fired a machine gun for once,” Aso said, according to the reports.

Now you’re thinking “well obviously, the reason that’s stupid is because Japan produced one of the most brutal colonialist war machines of the last century”. But that’s not even where we’re at. Oh no – this is stupid on way, way deeper levels: