An interesting history of the Middle East following the collapse - TopicsExpress



          

An interesting history of the Middle East following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. ______________________________ It is easy to blame what is going on in Iraq or Syria on dictators and terrorists, but these various bad actors are bit players in a drama that goes back at least to World War I. What is happening is that the arrangements that the British and French created during and after World War I—which established the very existence of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan, and later contributed to the creation of Israel—are unraveling.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 03:22:26 +0000

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