The US, France and Great Britain Helped Make a Mess of the Middle East

[egbertowillies]

David Lee McMullen is a member of the history faculty at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, where he teaches British and American History. He is the author of Strike! The Radical Insurrections of Ellen Dawson.

Looking at the recent three-nation attack on Syria’s chemical weapons, it is easy to remember that a hundred years ago the same three nations were involved in altering the political forces within the region, two by aggressive action and one by lack of action.

https://theliberalnetwork.com/2018/04/29/usa-france-great-britain-middle-east/

[brooklynite]

1. Yes, but...

before western involvement, this was not a pastoral region where everyone got along with everyone else.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Yes, 90% of the seeds of all the troubles in the Middle East

were planted during and immediately after the First World War...

I thought this was common knowledge??

[dubyadiprecession]

3. Don't forget World War 1....

Which led to World War 2.

[FarCenter]

4. At least the British are consistent - they've been bombing Iraqis for 98 years now.

The British War Secretary, Winston Churchill, authorized immediate reinforcements from Iran that included two squadrons of the Royal Air Force. The use of aircraft shifted the advantage to the British and played a huge role in ending the revolt.[15] There were also tribes that worked against the revolt since they were recognized by the British authorities and profited from this acknowledgement. Eventually the rebels began to run low on supplies and funding and could not support the revolt for much longer while British forces were becoming more effective. The revolt ended in October 1920 when the rebels surrendered Najaf and Karbala to the British authorities.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_revolt_against_the_British

[malaise]

6. Churchill was an imperialist and racist

on steroids

[dubyadiprecession]

7. He didn't want Britain to surrender and be occupied by the germans

But it was okay for Britain to occupy places like Northern Ireland and India.
I hope Churchill is burning in hell with Hitler.

[malaise]

9. Yep

He was involved in several other places as well

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/26/mi5-files-coup-british-guiana

[malaise]

5. +1,000

This is their mess and they have killed hundreds of thousands of people in the process

[Initech]

8. There's more profit to be made in the middle east bombing the shit out of it...

Than there is in keeping it peaceful. We'll probably never see peace in the middle east as long as there is money to be made.