"Curt Fischer" <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
news:2qglqiFq47i3U1@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.
>
> When you go to Chinatown in San Francisco, do you claim to have made a
> voyage to the Far East?

Wow. Is geography that difficult of a concept for you Curt?