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MineralMan

(151,476 posts)

6. You're right, of course.

Reply to fujiyamasan (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 01:33 PM

Apr 20

I'm using the term very broadly. I'm not trying to educate people about the region. There are many resources for that. It's difficult to learn completely. I don't understand all of it, either.

Iran is Persia. And that's just the beginning. Asia, Northern Africa, and more are involved. It's very, very complicated. We don't understand it in the West.

So, we screw around with it at our own risk. You'd think we'd learn.