Citing Ambrose Bierce's quip that "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography," J
uan Cole notes that a majority of Americans, despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the confrontation with Iran, still can't locate those countries on a map:
And he has a modest proposal:
I suggest a new regulation on war. If a majority of your country cannot find the enemy country on the map, they aren’t interested enough to justify making war against it.
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