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No middle east does not have "a 3 thousand year track record of being a mess". Imperialism though has a 300 years track record of messing the middle east up. Yo
by FromTheSteppe 4y ago
No middle east does not have "a 3 thousand year track record of being a mess". Imperialism though has a 300 years track record of messing the middle east up. You're racist.
- collegeburner 4y agodude the middle east is where civilization started, who tf was colonizing them? the middle east has been in conflict literally as far back as we have recorded history. imperialism sure asl hasn't helped it keep up in the last 300 but my point is this isn't exactly new. > You're racist stfu man, i can't even argue with you if you won't operate with a bare minimum of good faith.
- FromTheSteppe 4y agoThe middle east has not been in any more or less conflicts than rest of the world. You have provided no statistics to prove this. By 1912, Maroc, Algerie, and Tunisie was under French control; Libye was under Italian control, Egypt, Sudan, Oman and Eastern Iran was under English control; and Northern Iran was under Russian control. In Iran specifically, Allies caused 2 great famines in Iran(1917-1919, 1942-1943); Reza Shah was deposed in 1941 by the allies; democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in 1953 by CIA/MI6; Germany built Iraq's chemical weapon program and to prevent an Iranian victory, the United States supported the Iraqi army in their use of chemical weapons. How can operate I with a bare minimum of good faith with someone who denies oppression and injustice? You're just being called out.