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Originally Posted by Jeff '79
No, we did, like it or not.
We made the middle east what it is today.
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Incorrect. We are part of the problem.
After the Ottoman Empire fell and Europe screwed around in the ME along with their disastrous subdivision after WWII and then the rise in oil and the money brought into the ME and the radicals using that money to stay in power and expand we stumbled along like hillbillies in Paris.
Our failure is a result of centuries of previous failures.
What we and they should have done is forced Islam to reform or die after the Ottoman Empire fell VS letting greed and lack of guts get in the way.