Her grandfather and his equally arrogant to the point of blindness partner Mark Sykes carved up the Ottoman Empire back in 1916, not unlike a butcher slicing up slabs of meat fresh out of the freezer. The Sultan had wisely divided the Middle East along ethnic lines into provinces. The Anglo-French duo in 1916 proved as ignorant as George W. Bush was to be 87 years later. Had they never heard of the Sunni-Shia divide? The 1990s wars over Bosnia, Serbia and Kosovo, the Gulf War of 1991 and the disastrous Iraq war of 2003, as well as the Israeli-Palestinian tragedy, can all be traced directly to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1920 and those two fools carving up the Middle East while their minds were obviously elsewhere. (Most likely trying to figure out whose family was older and richer.) Please share this article by using the link below. When you cut and paste an article, Takis Magazine misses out on traffic, and our writers dont get paid for their work. Email editors@takimag to buy additional rights. takimag/article/a_short_history_of_stupidity_in_the_middle_east_taki/print#ixzz36L4JyDcH
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:54:05 +0000