How Many is a Brazilian?

An aide walks into the Oval Office. George W. Bush is currently president, and the Iraq war is dragging out into a long and grueling occupation. The aide presents the numbers from yesterday to the President.

"Mr. President, yesterday the US coalition forces killed a confirmed 36 insurgents."

The President nods his head patriotically.

"There were some losses on our end, however," the aide continues. "We lost a US Hummer with four soldiers in it to an IED outside of Tikrit, and two Brazilian soldiers were killed in crossfire in Baghdad."

The President nods solemnly at the news of the Hummer, but his face goes ashen by the end of the sentence, and he buries his face in his hands. The aide looks startled, "Sir, what's the matter?" With scared eyes, the President looks up and mumbles, "How many is a brazilian?"