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I Ran, Although I Was Clueless


 Right off the bat, I admit that I am a geography snob! Perhaps this is related to the fact that I had Geography in fourth grade with a large book devoted only to Geography.This week the big news story concerned the killing of Qassem Soleimani of Iran, and the subsequent feeble “response” by Iran. It appears that with the firing of about 15 ballistic missiles supposedly aimed at American military bases in Iraq, the only significant thing that was apparently hit was a Ukrainian 737 Boeing airliner while taking off from Tehran’s International Airport bound for Kiev. Thus far the evidence suggests that the airplane was shot down by an Iranian Surface to Air missile, killing all 176 passengers, including 63 Canadians. The ballistic missiles “aimed” at the US military killed nobody.  “Strong work, Iran!”

But I stray from the real topic of today’s piece.where is Iran? Can you pick it out on a map? If not, could you pick it out on a map of the Middle East? (If your answer to either of these is “yes,” can you identify which countries border Iran to the east and to the west?) If you are clueless as to the answers of the above questions, you are in the majority. A poll by Morning Consult/Politico found that less than a quarter of registered voters knew where Iran was on a map. Only 23% could identify Iran as being between Iraq and Afghanistan, and only 28% if shown a map of the Middle East. Nonetheless, 47% were for the killing of Soleimani and 43% were against it.

I can’t decide what is worse:

That 47%/43% have an opinion about a country that they do not know where it is. 

Or

The sad state of our educational system!

1/9/20

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