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And why do you think that is? Could it be the arbitrary borders drawn by the colonial powers? Or perhaps the carefully chosen dictators placed by some great pow
by Cyph0n 11y ago
And why do you think that is? Could it be the arbitrary borders drawn by the colonial powers? Or perhaps the carefully chosen dictators placed by some great power or other? I hate it when people make the instability in the Middle East seem like its entirely our (i.e. people of the Middle East) fault.
- lintiness 11y agoi haven't presented anything remotely resembling an argument of causality for mid-east dysfunction, nor do i want to. what i'd like is for people with political axes to grind to back their arguments with facts instead of imagined nonsense.
- Cyph0n 11y agoOf course.
- djKianoosh 11y agoit's our ancestors faults. i'm talking way back during the industrial revolution. these decaying empires of the region in that time were ripe for the picking for the emerging powers of the world. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Russia_relations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Russia_relations check the history section, particularly the 1800s: "In his later years of rule, Peter the Great found himself in a strong enough position to increase Russian influence more southwards in the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea at the cost of the two declining empires; the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire."
- Cyph0n 11y agoGood point, but it's not that simple. There are simply too many factors in play when it comes to the Middle East.