>>We can disagree about this. I just know I have seen the phrase Middle East used to a lot to refer to Israel and its Arab neighbors. Until Dragan started using the tag line it had never occurred to me that they are in Asia.
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>>It's OK, there are more important things than this.
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>More important things here on the UT? You're kidding, right? :o) You got my interest piqued:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East>
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/me.htm>
>I particularly like this line below the map on the wikipedia link:
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The Middle East can have varying definitions and boundaries :o)
As we have clearly seen ;-)