you couldn't make it up dept. no.69: the wrong country

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Belgium's politicians are notoriously corrupt and incompetent, but even by their standards this has been a new low. The freshly nominated French-speaking Prime Minister of Belgium yesterday took part in some sort of public function where he was expected to take part in the singing of the country's ancient national anthem, La Brabanconne. He started singing La Marseillaise.

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[bufo-viridis.livejournal.com]

I dismissed Belgian-jokes till the moment they hung Polish flag upside down during president Walesa visit. Now, it may seem an easy mistake - Indonesian or Monaco flag looks just like this - but this was a presidential flag, which has a coat of arms on the upper field.
Somehow it did not occur to anybody that eagle may not want to hanging head-down...