'What Is Aleppo?'

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Johnson should have known that, he's running for president.

And of course we expect someone running for president to be adept at dodging questions and never admitting they don't know something, so it was disconcerting to hear him admit it. I'm sure the major party candidates would have been disqualified (probably excused themselves in realization that they are not actually qualified for the office) if they made such a gaffe.

I did think it was amusing that the NYT article that described the incident said Aleppo is the de facto capital of the Islamic State.

Johnson isn't running to win, despite what he'll probably say. He's running to get publicity and push the libertarian agenda. So I doubt that he really spends (or needs to spend) much time studying foreign policy. Plus when your foreign policy amounts to "Bring the troops home and stop messing around with other countries" and that's your answer to all foreign policy questions, you don't need to know the specifics about Aleppo.