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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If people are to understand the chain of events that caused Iran and Iraq to become the problem states they are today, we have to start with the dimwitted Brits' carving of boundaries.
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Not sure why you're absolving the French of responsibility, but yes, the current issues in the regime date to the decline of the Ottomans.
They weren't dim-witted, though. They were drawing lines to suit their interests, not the interests of locals. That's how imperialism works.
