Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: [OT] Middle East Date: 14 Sep 2026 03:19:34 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <117na28$3l1n0$1@dont-email.me> <0qCcnSMVfYkJPwL3nZ2dnZfqnPcAAAAA@giganews.com> <117oh7b$jrq$2@dont-email.me> <117pppg$gb19$2@dont-email.me> <117u0l0$1srqg$3@dont-email.me> <117utdc$286tm$1@dont-email.me> <58bbnmxvpi.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <117ve8h$2e34a$1@dont-email.me> <1180iv7$2ogl5$7@dont-email.me> <11835sl$3jqcq$2@dont-email.me> <1183ah6$3jhgn$21@dont-email.me> <1185ogs$f8ji$1@dont-email.me> <1185qsq$e5fp$18@dont-email.me> <21074bde-4a39-4ac7-b652-1ed0026ccbd0@invalid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net q3WDwJ9Qxe1fsmIZvbGfLwxhVBRIMMU2lZq0HX2OgDuGdJ3Bkv Cancel-Lock: sha1:kSZYP9vFc6IZMubY2up1uW8fBFE= sha256:kozsr7e6EnAJxboqwBzvK1bHlp9TxLF8ughc5sUXfvs= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91406 On Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:05:08 -0400, c186282 wrote: > The Brits DID cause a lot of middle-eastern problems. Right after > WW-1 they decided to split a lot of 'traditional' territories in two > or three new 'countries' to prevent unification/resistance. Good for > the Brits, > BAD for everyone else down the line. When the Ottoman Empire was being divvied up Britain had promised the same real estate to three different parties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMahon%E2%80%93Hussein_correspondence It's been decades but iirc 'Lawrence of Arabia' dealt with the Arabs attacking the Ottomans and coming out on the short end of the stick. The Great Game was always simmering in the background too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Game I missed a lot when I read it as a kid but upon rereading it I realized how much Kipling's 'Kim' was about Great Game intrigue.