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by tayssir 6105 days ago
I agree in the sense that Iraq is current affairs... though invading armies often rewarded useful locals, when setting up client states. (Recently, I saw "Terry Jones' Barbarians," which depicted an instance when this went disastrously wrong for the Roman Empire in the city I'm currently living in... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones%27_Barbarians)