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Topic | Why's there so much fighting over religion the middle east? |
Sativa_Rose 12/06/17 6:21:03 PM #8: | FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel posted...can you imagine if the US and Britain didn't impose their will on the middle east? It's been under the thumb of empires for a long ass time. Before Britain, there was the Ottoman Empire. Like the movie "Lawrence of Arabia", that's about the British teaming up with an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in WW1, a revolt led by people who wanted to create a strict Islamic caliphate ruled out of the Arabian Peninsula essentially. Not many people know much history these days though, particularly about stuff that happened pre 9/11 in the Middle East. --- I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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