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The Arabs were critical allies of the British against the Ottomans during WWI. It's true that the British later used textbook divide-and-conquer tactics to secu
by Georgelemental 3y ago
The Arabs were critical allies of the British against the Ottomans during WWI. It's true that the British later used textbook divide-and-conquer tactics to secure their control of Mandatory Palestine, but I suspect that at the time they were not thinking of anything longer-term than surviving the war.