Where in the World?

[phoenixredux]

Former professional wrestler and ex-governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura has become tasty-extra-freaky in recent months, growing a bifurcated beard which he twists into pigtails and ornaments with beads. His politics have also taken a turn for the strange, with his declaration that he could raise an army with some of his old Navy SEAL buddies,

Comments

[sueg]

The Forgotten Realms

[rachel_bartlett]

hahahaha and I'm not even the first one who thought of Iraq. Warlords, heat, lots of freedoms that the US have brought over there...

[phoenixredux]

Good guess. (For the record, though, it doesn't have a coastline... that's why they invaded Kuwait. :)

[rachel_bartlett]

Ha! Caught!

"Iraq's coastline consists of a 36-mile stretch along the north end of the Persian Gulf. The country has only two deep-water ports, Umm Qasr and Az Zubayr."
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/113-4/forum.htmlhttp://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/113-4/forum.html)

[phoenixredux]

Hey, I'm an American! You expect me to know geography?

Seriously, I forgot all about Umm Qasr and Az Zubayr. But the port in Kuwait WAS a major motivation for the invasion of Kuwait, right? So I still get half-credit? :)

[rachel_bartlett]

We could probably the reasons for the 1990 war forever. Iraq claimed Kuwait was actually an Iraqi province, as the concept of national states was a Western one and foreign to the region, and that Kuwait had been exploiting an oil field that belonged to Iraq, plus the US had inoffically hinted that Washington doesn't care if Bagdad fucks over Kuwait...

At least you're not convinced that Kabul is a Hindi brass band!

You get a point for wanting to learn and not invading Berlin for disageeing with you!

[phoenixredux]

Hey, we've already invaded Berlin once. Don't make us come back over there and do it again! :)

[acutes]

"he twists into pigtails and ornaments with beads."

Like Jack Sparrow, he's clearly been watching Pirates of the Carribean.

[acutes]

*Caribbean