'Comrade Reagan, tear down this wall': notes from an Obama history lesson

History is clearly not President Obama’s forte. And neither is diplomacy.

After Obama ticked off Poles and Polish-Americans by calling Nazi camps in German-occupied Poland “Polish death camps,” the Twitterverse suggested other historical facts that might find their way into an Obama lesson plan.

"Comrade Reagan, Tear down this wall!" #obamahistorylesson

— Area Man (@lheal) May 30, 2012

https://twitter.com/chuck_dizzle/status/207645120630243328

https://twitter.com/joejm65/status/207648664167006208

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/207660755997298688

Confused the Battle of the Bulge with Michelle Obama's Let's Move #obamahistorylesson

— Jason B. Whitman, OD (@JasonBWhitman) May 30, 2012

#ObamaHistoryLesson Contraceptives were free untill the War on Women of 1812.

— ?? David Williams ?? (@dwilli539) May 30, 2012

#ObamaHistoryLesson It doesn't matter where the death camps were or who ran them – all white Europeans are #racist! #caring

— Allan (@UnrealAllan) May 30, 2012

https://twitter.com/chuck_dizzle/status/207648405940469761

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/207661513576681474

Geography is hard too:

Hawaii is in Asia #Obamahistorylesson

— Will (@Will32283) May 30, 2012

The United States of America has 57 states #Obamahistorylesson

— Will (@Will32283) May 30, 2012