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State Dept Map: Curiously Incomplete
Little Green Footballs ^
| 10/12/03
| Charles Johnson
Posted on 10/12/2003 2:13:16 PM PDT by adam_az
The State Department’s map of Saudi Arabia finds space for the name of every nearby country in the region.
Except one. Guess which one.
(Hat tip: tomcat.)
This is really outrageous; some of you may remember the BMW and Mercedes dealership maps that caused a huge scandal.
This is much worse. This is our government. The United States. Knuckling under to the rotten bastards who sponsor world-wide hatred and terrorism—the bastards who took down the World Trade Center.
This makes me very angry indeed.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:13:16 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: Alouette; yonif; SJackson
Why am I not surprised?
2
posted on
10/12/2003 2:14:57 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: adam_az
The name of the "missing" country could have at least been initialized as the "Z.E." Disgusting.
3
posted on
10/12/2003 2:15:49 PM PDT
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket???)
To: adam_az; zx2dragon
It not only makes me angry--it makes me ill. This from the country that is supposedly Israel's best friend. It is time the American administration wakes up and realizes they do not have any friends or trustworthy allies in the Arab world. They have just one in the Middle East whom they won't even name.
Will the next State Department map show Israel as "Palestine" or "Zionist Entity"?
4
posted on
10/12/2003 2:18:05 PM PDT
by
anotherview
("Ignorance is the choice not to know" -Klaus Schulze)
To: All
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:18:08 PM PDT
by
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To: adam_az
How do you know it is a state department map? The URL does not say so
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:20:04 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(`)
To: adam_az
Actually, the name is merely wrong. They misnamed it Med Sea.
No, seriously, I'm a RZB (Rotten Zionist Bastard) and I don't see a big problem here. There wasn't the room nor was Israel the focus of the map. More an oversight than a slight, I'd wager.
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:20:13 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: Kaslin
Kaslin wrote:
How do you know it is a state department map? The URL does not say soHere's the URL: http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2419.htm
8
posted on
10/12/2003 2:26:28 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: Kaslin
9
posted on
10/12/2003 2:26:33 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: Lazamataz
In all of the other maps, they go out of their way to show the country name. They MADE room for Bahrain and Qatar, and made room for a sliver of Egypt.They had room for Lebanon which is a smaller country. They could have written it across the Sinai... ;)
Seriously, look at the other maps of other countries and you will see they go out of their way to label countries in every other map.
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:29:26 PM PDT
by
adam_az
The map posted above is a map of Saudi Arabia. A more relevant State Department map is the regional map of the Near East.
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/
To: adam_az
Colin Powell's dream cartoon?
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:34:42 PM PDT
by
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To: Lazamataz
I don't agree. They found room to identify Lebanon - smaller area on the map.
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:35:30 PM PDT
by
mathluv
To: Lazamataz
"There wasn't the room nor was Israel the focus of the map. More an oversight than a slight, I'd wager."That State Department map is a copy of this CIA World Factbook map:
Notice, however, that the CIA map labels Israel, whereas the State Dept. map was specifically edited to remove that name. Maybe it was a slight, or maybe State thinks that it's more important to tell people that Jordan is on the Mediterranean rather than that Israel is near Saudi Arabia. Regardless, "oversight" isn't an option.
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:36:57 PM PDT
by
Fabozz
To: adam_az
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:37:43 PM PDT
by
steplock
(www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
To: adam_az
It's also noticeable that the State Department and all the media instantly adjusted their maps when China conquered Tibet. Practically the next day, Tibet was a part of China. None of that weasel wording about the status of Tibet is still to be determined.
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:40:21 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: adam_az
To: quidnunc
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posted on
10/12/2003 2:56:33 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(`)
To: adam_az
A Map of Jordan:
Notice that it has a capital.
A Map of Israel:
Where is Israel's capital?
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posted on
10/12/2003 3:24:20 PM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: adam_az
Abu Powell and his Homies are OWNED by Saudi Arabia.
Lock. stock. upcoming pension, and barrel.
20
posted on
10/12/2003 3:53:54 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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