Why the Middle East’s Borders Guarantee Forever Wars
7.4M views · Jun 18, 2023 · Education
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@josephleonard6695 · 3 years ago
lesson: never let the British draw borders
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@PretzelGuy · 6 months ago
This aged like fine wine
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@Flaky1990 · 1 year ago
If two fish are fighting in a river, a long-legged Englishman has just passed by
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@mace3632 · 1 year ago
“The lines weren’t arbitrarily drawn, they were based on the Ottoman lines which had been arbitrarily drawn.”
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@farhany8129 · 1 year ago
If there’s one thing i have learned about Middle East throughout the years, it’s that Oman is always chilling in the corner amidst all the surrounding chaos.
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@zanderzander108 · 1 year ago
None of this would have happened if the Ottomans had access to a 30 day free trial of Nebula.
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@mayartaha5615 · 8 months ago
It’s kind of ironic that oil is always located in the areas that would trigger conflicts, almost too perfect of a coincidence
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@eetuthereindeer6671 · 7 months ago
"Forever" is such a strong word. You dont know how much things could change in 200 years. Maybe this video will turn into a history lesson rather than a current problem explanation video
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@tayzonday · 3 years ago
If aliens land and tell humanity that Earth is their “protectorate” — the British have shown us what that means.
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@JalenFl3 · 3 years ago
It’s hard to believe they were all part of a single empire at one time or another. The Persian Empire, The Byzantine Empire, The Ottoman Empire.
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@shadowstorm1989 · 3 years ago
I think the most concise way to convey the difficulties in the area are to overlay maps of geography, ethnicity, culture, historical claims, and natural resources. Doing this reveals there is no combination that doesn't leave a very large number of people very angry about something.
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@Num43 · 1 year ago
I took a shot every time he said "Sykes-Picot" , I'm dead now.
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