GOP congessman wonders if Obama will attack "Africa"

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I think this is a bit unfair. Yes, Libya is on the continent of Africa, but it's thought of as part of the Arab world, and it's completely reasonable to assume he was wondering if this means we'll need to intervene in Cote d'Ivoire or other places in sub-Saharan Africa. Lots of people are asking "Why Libya?"

If they knew any better, don't you think they'd also know enough not to refer to Africa in a context that makes it look like they sure as hell don't know better?

the census asks if you are African Amercian or Arab American. it's doesn't say "yes we know the majority of Arabs in the world live in Africa, but we mean sub-Saharan-African"

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Africa was named after the Libyan region, which was known as Ifrika.

To the ancient Greeks and Romans, Libya was the name given to the whole of Africa west of the Nile.