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Middle East

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

3. I see its come to include

Reply to ellisonz (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 05:01 AM

Mar 2012

"Areas sometimes associated with the Middle East "

I'd mentioned Azerbaijan because I know that's one of the counties with a "democracy ?" which just "suits" the USA. The mother of one of my dance friends was an observer there some years back for their elections. They kicked the observers out en masse and the US didn't bat an eyelid.

I had to search falaqa...........