It goes without saying....

A year ago today, Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim captured the world's attention as a Dallas medical team separated the brothers, born fused at the crowns of their heads. Though no longer conjoined, the Egyptian twins have remained celebrities -- beaming for TV cameras alongside their home country's president, its biggest rock star, and even Oprah Winfrey.

Two questions come to mind.

1. I thought we were the Great Satan?
2. Why didn't this surgery happen somewhere in the Middle East?