# The Feud: The Middle East by Tom Scud \[game over\]

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 22, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-middle-east-by-tom-scud-game-over/561588 "2010-11-22T21:52:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-middle-east-by-tom-scud-game-over/561588/81 "2010-11-28T21:28:18Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> These are actually 2 different wars. The Gulf War/Desert Storm is the war between Iraq and a coalition that didn’t, so far as I know, include Iran, that occurred in the early 90s.
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> The Iran-Iraq War was the war between Iran and Iraq that ran from 1980 to 1988. None of the coalition members from the Gulf War were officially involved.

My bad. Only one person answered that, so it isn’t worth redoing the scores, as it wouldn’t affect the standings too much.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-middle-east-by-tom-scud-game-over/561588/82 "2010-11-28T23:06:31Z")

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> [@](#):
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> So the only person in this thread who actually lives in the Middle East is #46 out of 48 in the poll. I guess the view really is different from the outside.

That’s the way it always works in the Feud: Knowing too much about a subject always results in low scores.

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-middle-east-by-tom-scud-game-over/561588/83 "2010-11-29T04:55:47Z")

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That must make me some sort of blooming genius!

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