Sykes-Picot agreement is as far as things go in diplomatic speak for a proof for this. Quite literally the western powers cut up borders in mid east, sitting i

Sykes-Picot agreement is as far as things go in diplomatic speak for a proof for this. Quite literally the western powers cut up borders in mid east, sitting in rooms in Paris, London and Moscow, people who did this didn't even speak arabic, had no idea about ethnic, cultural, religious, political and social make up's of the lands they were cutting up to divide among each other.