Beating Around the Bush

G.W. Bush and all of his advisors were sitting in their daily briefing meeting one day and one of the advisors said "Mr. President, I'm afraid that I have more casualty reports from the Iraq war. Three Brazilian soldiers were killed yesterday."
Mr. Bush puts his head in his hands and looks down. He shakes his head back and forth for a few minutes. Finally, one of the advisors says "Mr. President, are you alright?"
G.W.B. looks up and says "Someone tell me, how many is a Brazilian?"