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by DSingularity 1785 days ago
Oh yeah? What is your explanation for Sykes-Picot?
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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

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.