"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
news:2qh8koFv03a0U4@uni-berlin.de...
> necoandjeff wrote:
>
> > "Curt Fischer" <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
> > news:2qg3b4Fviqd5U1@uni-berlin.de...
> >
> >>necoandjeff wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Marc Adler" <marc.adler@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:hbt0d.512$YU2.276@twister.socal.rr.com...
> >>>
> >>>>Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Are you joshing? When people talk about trouble in the Middle East,
> >>>>>you think that Israel *isn't* a part of what they are talking about?
> >>>>
> >>>>Most of the time, no, actually. They think the trouble is all on the
> >>>>Palestine side of the wall (which is going to need a name pretty
> >>>>soon).
> >>>
> >>>In my mind, Israel, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, in that order, are
> >>>borderline candidates for inclusion in the Middle East.
> >>
> >>If those are borderline candidates what do you count as undisputed
> >>gold-standard countries in the Middle East?
> >
> >
> > Arab countries that are surrounded by the above.
>
> Egypt is not Middle Eastern? Hmm.

Egypt is in North Africa. Maybe we could take up a collection and buy you a
map or something.