'Tone-deaf and sad': John Kerry addresses Iraq 'crisis' at last, royally blows it

Sarah D. | 11:03 AM on June 17, 2014

Because priorities!

As Twitchy reported, this morning, Secretary of State John Kerry and Bill Nye the Not-a-Real-Science Guy teamed up for a Twitter forum about the ocean. That’s right. The ocean. Tweeters couldn’t help but wonder why Kerry would be futzing around with fish when Iraq is crumbling before our eyes.

Well, not to worry. Today, Kerry finally addressed the elephant seal in the room, thanks to a deep question from Nye:

Any awareness of climate change in Iraq-Iran? @JohnKerry #OceanChat

— Bill Nye (@BillNye) June 17, 2014

Wait … what?

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/478902117206196228

Surely a professional like Kerry wouldn’t dignify such stupidity with a response, right? Pffft. Of course he did!

.@TheScienceGuy There is awareness in the Middle East – a number of countries engaged in transition.

— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) June 17, 2014

Dude. That’s it? That’s his answer?

To his credit, Kerry did retweet a question from an irate tweeter wondering why the heck the ocean ranks higher on the State Department’s to-do list than mass human slaughter:

#OceanChat How is it you have time to chat with Iraq in flames and a major crisis in Israel? #tcot

— Smirking through the alpacalips (@TypoDynamofo) June 17, 2014

Unfortunately, because he’s John Kerry, his answer demonstrated about as much intelligence as a hunk of seaweed. And that’s being generous:

.@TypoDynamofo: 1/2 Have talked to 3 foreign leaders in the region this morning on #Iraq. What happens to our ocean is int'l security issue.

— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) June 17, 2014