> > A lot of US know where Iraq and Afghanistan are :)

> Probably not as many as you may expect. They know that they exist. Could
you
> take an unlabelled world globe and stick a pin in both countries or draw
an
> approximate outline of their boundaries?

ATTRACTED

> A large number of US(a's) are intimately familiar with the position,
> borders, topography, culture, religions, climate, etc... Of those
countries.
> Please don't assume we know nothing just because we prefer to stay home.

AND

> I just get sick of all the US bashing that occurs on
> this list, ..

BUT

I'm frequently surprised that what I intend to be statements of possible
fact get interpreted quite differently. I'll have to brush up my
communications skills :-)

That wasn't meant to be US bashing in any way, but rather a comment on human
nature generally. I also wasn't referring to the troops who have been
there - which may have been what the original poster meant. I suspect that
many people, both in the US and elsewhere, really don't know where these
places are located with any degree of certainty. I'm asserting that, for
every one who does know there are liable to be a number who don't.


        Russell McMahon

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