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  • medem@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Regarding the last part of your comment, a dude called Christopher Simon Sykes, whose last name you might recognise, wrote a book called ‘The man who created the middle East’. It’s a biography of his grandfather, and an attempt to vindicate him.

    • DeathsEmbrace@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I don’t want to be that person. But I guarantee a special place in hell for his grandfather.

      • medem@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I don’t want to be that person either, but I really don’t think that Sykes is personally to blame for Britain’s shitty policies in and for the Middle East, the consequences of which still play a major role in the mess the region still is. Point being that, besides Gringoland, Britain should also be held accountable for the role they have played around the world in everything from ethnic cleansing all the way to supporting brutal, even murderous, dictatorships.

          • medem@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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            2 days ago

            I’d love to, but I can’t. Colonialism’s ‘Divide and conquer’ rule is only applicable and effective if the targets are either willingly in the game (i.e., corrupt enough to collaborate) already relatively divided (i.e. Already fragmented enough), or stupid enough not to realise what’s being done to them.

            • medem@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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              2 days ago

              So you see…up to a certain point it’s kind of our own fault too