[peter12]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Look at a map of the Middle East prior to the First World War, then look at the map of the current Middle East.

The Allies carved up the 600 year old Ottoman Empire. They did this without giving a flying #### about the history of the area. They were colonial powers taking the spoils of victory.

Now, if the Germans had won the First World War in the first month, as they very nearly did, the entire 20th century turns out different. Nicolas II doesn't fall to the Bolsheviks and thus the Soviet Union never happens, Adolph Hitler doesn't come to power, Hiroshima and Nagasaki aren't nuked, 6 million Jews are still alive, who knows how many Russians are still alive, the Middle East isn't a giant cluster####, the list goes on.

But we could play that game forever.

Which is why we won't.