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maybe the difference is a culture you understand vs a culture you don't. Many observers have said for years that middle east statebuildibg efforts were doomed -
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
maybe the difference is a culture you understand vs a culture you don't. Many observers have said for years that middle east statebuildibg efforts were doomed - we left iraq worse off than we found it
- guelo 4y agoJapanese culture was and is very foreign to Americans.
- jollybean 4y agoMiddle East never had proper states. 100 years ago it was just a bunch of Ottoman administrative divisions. Since then it's been chaos and strong men. Iraq is better off now but maybe not by much. Arguably Kurds should get their own territory.