[throw2311]

That's news to my family in Cyprus who very much think of themselves as living in the middle east.

[quonn]

Since you also think that Poland is not the west this does not surprise me that your family thinks so.

This thread speaks for itself. So I'll leave it at that.

[throw2311]

Yes, it really does. It's not like the Warsaw packt was named after a town in Poland or anything.