The French have a word for it

I get a kick out of No Pasaran most of the time in general, but then I come up on this sentence in particular... "Mais, sérieusement, il n'y a aucune raison pour Ben Ali de prendre en compte les bêlements de la caste des politcards de ce petit pays de merde..."

Holy cow, can you imagine the exploding heads of Chiracesque Frenchmen hearing their country referred to as ce petit pays de merde? [guffawing with delight] I'm no expert on diplomatic niceties, but if I'm not mistaken, un petit pays de merde is even lower on the scale of national dignity than un pays pissant.

HT: Alexandra, whose most recent foray into the wonderful word of satiric political commentary by means of Photoshop, is particularly amusing, as is her neologism les Muslimerables.