• Flying SquidM
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    3 months ago

    Imperial powers created Syria. Modern Syria anyway. The entire Middle East has been an Imperial project since colonialism. Pretty much only the Saudis and Israel (and Iran, if you want to count it as Middle Eastern) aren’t on board.

    • Pelicanen
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      33 months ago

      I mean, not for lack of trying, they did stage a coup and plant the Shah of Iran as the leader for a while