• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    The French and British does not ignore history, they specifically used it to created decisions to create a dependency on them and crush the promise of a united Arab state following the demise of the ottoman empire

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      Even though it was tactical, fuck them still for betraying us. Most of the chaos in the middle east is caused by the french and british.

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        “If you help us against the Ottomans we’ll totally help you in return, please trust us” - Perfidious Albion in WW1

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        Yeah they were pure evil for that. I don’t know if evil is strong enough a word for causing generations of pain and conflict on purpose.