The U.S. national debt is now larger than the economy as a whole, hitting levels not seen since the aftermath of World War II, new data has revealed. Figures released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday place the total debt held by the American public at $31.27 trillion as of March 31. Meanwhile, the country’s nominal gross domestic product was estimated at $31.22 trillion, meaning the national debt as a percentage of GDP stands at 100.2 percent, putting it on course to challenge the historic 106 percent recorded in 1946 during demobilization. The debt stood at 99.5 percent of GDP at the end of the 2025 fiscal year in September, revealing how quickly it has climbed.
I wouldnot because Iran is the near east, turkey is Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia to Egypt is the Middle East, west of there is North Africa. I did not make these definitions, but if you actually read any fucking books you would know it already.
You are profoundly ignorant of how language functions. You are not smart, you are grand standing in an argument of semantics. Ridiculous mate.
You did though. Because those are your definitions.
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Being “confident” is not the same as being “correct”. You’ve added bullshit to this conversation.
Did it occur to you that different countries have different definitions? Not everyone uses the euro centric definitions. No one in my country would use the term Near East for Iran, given that it’s Very Far West. Southern Asia here is more likely to mean Indonesia, but South Asia in UK means India. Fanny means bum in USA, vs cunt in UK. Are you going to argue this as well?
The near/middle/far east terms are all eurocentric, yes, but I don’t think anyone uses them as geopolitical terms in reference to other regions, especially in English.
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Funny cause the US definition for what’s considered middle East is as follows (and you would know this is you just looked it up); Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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If you knew how to read i didn’t provide any source at all, all I said was I looked it up. These are the common countries that are referred to as the middle East. I’m sorry that your made up definition isn’t what’s standard in America.
Whether you found some dumbasses online to incorrectly refer to Iran as the Middle East is not in question.
Oh my apologies, I didn’t realize everyone i know, everyone in the state, and anyone who looks it up is wrong. My apologies, ill leave you be, clearly you can’t do anything for yourself besides insult people :).