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Finding Iran on a Map
“Teheran moves fast – everywhere I went, Iran.”
-a very old wheeze
The ambush question is asked: Can you find Iran on a map? (https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/)
Someone who asks you a trivia question has first looked it up himself (the pronoun is gender-neutral), of course, just to score a transient feeling of superiority over at The Old Men’s Corner.
Quick, find Bessarabia on this blank map. Ha. Thought so. You dummy. You don’t even know where Bessarabia is. And you think you’re so smart.
Morning Consult says that a third of American voters can’t find Iran on a map.
Well, really, do you want to find Iran on a map?
If so, just take out your MePhone, type in “Iran,” and you’ll find maps and statistics and the fascinating history of Persia / Iran, one of the oldest countries in the world.
A greater challenge for American voters is finding their local voting booth. Only about 50% of the electorate vote in presidential elections, while only a few, lonely souls, like tormented characters in a novel by Dostoyevsky, vote in local and school board elections, which are far more important.
If you read anything about the geography, history, and culture of Persia, even on a Wickedpedia site, you will probably know more about the reasons for conflict than our leaders.
A good place to begin with the modern history of Iran is: http://origins.osu.edu/article/frenemies-iran-and-america-1900. There are reasons why Iran, Britain, Russia, and the USA have such complex love-hate relationships.
There are, by the way, lots of now middle-aged Americans who were born in Iran in happier times.
Pictures of life in pre-revolutionary Iran are easily sourced. This site is typical:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5103795/Fascinating-photos-Iran-1979-revolution.html
By the way, there is no draft, hasn’t been since 1973, and there will never again be a draft. Young men (not women) still must register, and no one seems to know why.
Finally, feel free to challenge me to find Bessarabia on a map. I did look it up, but now I have forgotten.
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