HootinNHollerinMar 6

Yoda voice: There is another

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64886972

Show threadTaco2112Mar 6
I know this is a meme so I shouldn’t look for historic accuracy here but a the vast majority of the US, and many of our allies, were on board for an invasion of the Middle East (Afghanistan) in 2001 after 9/11. It was the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that turned many people off.
Show threadinsufferableninja
Afghanistan is in Southwest Asia, not the middle east, fyi
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Show threadPhunterMar 6
I dunno, the TV showed sand and camels and that’s the only thing I understand to exist in the middle east.
Show threadmarcosMar 6

Natal, RN, Brazil:

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Show threadgrueMar 6
The middle east is also southwest Asia.
Show threadmarcosMar 6

Natal, RN, Brazil:

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Show threadBlackmistMar 6
Most Americans couldn’t locate it on a map in either case.
Show threadTaco2112Mar 7
Thanks for the info! In the early 20th c. “The Middle East” was defined as the land between India and the Ottoman Empire. The term has since changed to not include Iraq and Afghanistan. During the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the US government used the term “Greater Middle East” to encompass those two countries. That’s where my confusion lies. Learn something new every day.