George W. Bush was receiving his daily report from his Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld.
During the report, Rumsfeld said; “And yesterday, three Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq.” George suddenly went pale, put his head in his hands and began to sweat profusely.
His staff were astounded. They had never seen the president react like this to such a small loss.
Then, after he had recovered slightly, the president brought his head up and quietly asked the aide next to him, "Just how many in a brazilian?"