The Basics of Government

Originally Posted by pb & spanglish

Yeah, I totally meant Palestine (whoops). So are Israel and Palestine fighting like whoa?

Basically my friends tell me just to assume that everyone in the middle east is fighting with everyone...

Almost. The Muslims (most Arabs are Muslim, but not all) have two main factions: Sunnis and Shiites. The difference there is basically that one group didn't like the way the first few heads of Islam operated, and one group did. They're at odds with each other, 'cause well, religion does that to people. Kill everyone who isn't part of your religion, or convert them.

The Arab/Jewish conflict has already been covered.

There's one more group of people, the Kurds, who occupy Northern Iraq, but they're at war with the Arabs 'cause they're a different ethnicity (i.e. they look different).

It's the same sort of problems you see everywhere. You don't believe in my. God the same way I do, so I'm going to kill you, and You don't look like me, so I'm going to kill you.

Humans. *sigh*.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Caucasian refers to people who originated near the geographic center of Eurasia, sometimes called Caucasia (for its proximity to the Caucasus mountains)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasu...phic_region%29

It's where most Europeans originated from, back in da day. In general, if you're unusure about a term, look for it on Wikipedia. There's a lot of knowledge to be had there. Just remember to take it with a grain of salt and look at the footnotes they provide.

There's nowhere I can't reach.