Love the fields of wildflowers flourishing after the rains. And how did that poppy get there?
One positive result of the current hostilities is an increased interest in and knowledge of geography. Or maybe not.
All the gold dots on the map purport to represent responses of Americans asked to pinpoint Iran on a world map. May not, of course, be a fair sampling, though not sure you’d get better results by taking your map and pins down Main Street in other countries. The borders of the countries are outlined, which would be significant help for anyone who had a clue. As some people clearly didn’t. Australia?
And, of minor interest, every war seems to acquire its own catch phrases. So all references to efforts to end the war seem to involve looking for an “off-ramp” rather than an exit. And plans to escalate are referred to as “going up the escalation ladder”. Though the experts fear that will lead to “going off the cliff”.
Up the escalation ladder
Find an off-ramp
Going off the cliff
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