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Really how did the kingdom of Saud become Saudi Arabia? How did the zionists get moved into Palestine. How did Iraq become Iraq. You know nothing. You could have never picked up a history book in your life but watched Lawrence of Arabia and been more educated than you are now.

There's a lot of truth to this.

There was no terrorism before the Ottoman Empire was divided up among the European powers after World War I.

Iran was basically a benign, socialist/communist leaning state before the US decided to slide in and put our own puppet (The Shah) in charge... which lead to the takeover by radical Islamists.

If we (meaning the West - Europe and the United States) had just not fricked with the region, we probably wouldn't be dealing with the shite we deal with today.

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Posted by 3nOut

Central Texas, TX

Member since Jan 2013

29061 posts

Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:10 am to MustangReb

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There's a lot of truth to this.

There was no terrorism before the Ottoman Empire was divided up among the European powers after World War I.

So I assume you think that the Pirates of the Barbary Coast were just an early Coast Gurard and the Crusades just happened because Catholics were like "eff Muslims, let's go kill them" and not because of Muslim involvement in Europe.

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Posted by CatFan81

Decatur, GA

Member since May 2009

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Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:54 am to MustangReb

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If we (meaning the West - Europe and the United States) had just not fricked with the region, we probably wouldn't be dealing with the shite we deal with today.

Africa wouldn't be the way that it is today without Western colonization either. The Western world has really messed up things in the rest of the world.