RSSInteractive map of the Middle East for ethnocentric Americans
Michael Haltman | February 25, 2011
The who's who of the Middle East
Because we are ethnocentric Americans we can be excused for knowing that there is violence in the Middle East, but for not really knowing anything about the players involved.
We know all about Snooki and the other fine people on Jersey Shore, American Idol and of course Lady Gaga. But this other stuff all the way on the other side of the world? Out of sight, out of mind!
We have heard the names Egypt and Mubarak, maybe Libya too, but does it really matter? It's time for the weekend and plans have to be made. Where to go and what to do are the thoughts that dominate the mind on a Friday, right?
Never mind that this violence may affect our lives in the form of higher gas prices at the pump, higher food prices in the supermarket and higher prices in the stores where we buy just about everything else. That this crisis may take what has been a tepid at best economic recovery and put the country back into a downward spiral.
What??? Now that's a crisis put into terms even we can understand right?
To make it a little bit easier, this map provided by the good people at The Economist may help if questions ever arise at a cocktail party over the weekend.
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