Ask HN: Can you name 3 cities in Afghanistan or Iraq off the top of your head?

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by kumarski • 12 years ago

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kumarski2• 12 years ago

Asked this question on separate american forums and social media websites. The results were surprisingly low.

kumarski2• 12 years ago

I'm hoping that HN will score exponentially higher.

ryepen• 12 years ago

The problem you'll find when asking this question is how little emphasis is placed on the location of an event rather than the event itself. Most people don't pay particular attention to the location of a foreign event because it holds no substantial significance to them.

Ask this question to a forum of military veterans that have deployed to these locations and you will most definitely see the response in which you were searching. As a veteran, I can say that most people will neglect these details until faced directly with the necessity of remembering.

tvxedoman• 12 years ago

Afghanistan: Kandahar & Kabul

Iraq: Baghdad, Fallujah, & Basrah.

Honestly for the life of me can't name a third Afghan city

jhwhite• 12 years ago

Baghdad Bahrain Kabul

I had surgery yesterday and on some good pain meds, otherwise I think I could come up with two or more cities.

Ask HN: Can you name 3 cities in Afghanistan or Iraq off the top of your head?

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