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by DSingularity 1781 days ago
The ME is unstable by design. Why dance around the subject? The US supports anti-democratic dictatorships in the countries it controls.

Guess what comes with unpopular regimes? Perpetual instability due to oppressed populations. In the countries that are not controlled the US supports any group willing to fight the government — sometimes with arms and other times with endless cash to fight the government within the framework of democracy. You think either of those actions support stability?
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dariusj18 1781 days ago
It's ridiculous to think the instability in the middle east is by US design, there are thousands of factions vying for power and the US has to make strategic calls day by day. Had the US made bad decisions, sure, did they know those decisions were bad at the time, probably not. If you have countries where no group (ethnic or political) has a majority, then no ruling government will be "popular".
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DSingularity 1781 days ago
Oh yeah? What is your explanation for Sykes-Picot?
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selectodude 1781 days ago
It had nothing to do with the United States and the geopolical issues it created. In fact, the Americans sent a commission to Syria which deduced that what the French and Brits were doing was very stupid, at which point the Brits and French told the Americans to piss off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King–Crane_Commission

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dariusj18 1781 days ago
Perhaps you can first explain why you think that is relevant? AFAIK it was an agreement that the US did not participate in, nor was its intent to destabilize.
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