[Peace-discuss] How many Americans can identify Iraq on a world map?

[n.dahlheim at mchsi.com]

CNN, May 4, 2006----three years after the war began

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After more than three years of combat and nearly 2,400 U.S. military deaths in 
Iraq, nearly two-thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 still cannot find Iraq on a map, a study released 
Tuesday showed.

The study found that less than six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf 
Coast, 33 percent could not point out Louisiana on a U.S. map.

---Yeah, let's have democracy!!!!!!   Isn't an educated citizenry a prerequisite for a democratic 
society?????---

Survey Reveals Geographic Illiteracy
Bijal P. Trivedi
National Geographic Today
November 20, 2002
See Survey Results and Test Yourself: Go>>

In a nation called the world's superpower, only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could 
find Afghanistan on a map, according to a new worldwide survey released today.