I would never blame all of the Middle Easts problems on the west, poverty and lack of development in the region is directly due to their faith but Hamas, Hezbollah and the currant regime in Iran are not only interconnected but their existence is directly predicated on the actions of the west, if we had left Iran alone in '53, not supported Saddam Hussain in 1980 when he invaded Iran there might well be a fundy ######bag in charge of Iran but they wouldn't be any angrier at us than Turkey.
Again Israel's invasion of Lebanon in '82, it's general treatment of Palestinians since is directly responsible for the existence of both Hamas and Hezbollah and the depth of their hatred, Israel's actions for the last 50 years have been predicated on the total blank cheque we have given them, yes Israel has been attacked and nothing would make the original loss of land sting less for Palestinians but every time Israel uses any attack as an excuse to steal more land and butcher a few thousand more Arabs it just deepens the hatred, had we reigned Israel in, had '82 not happened, had Israel been forced to act with some level of legality and proportion by now most of fight would have likely aged out of the Palestinians, none of them remember '49 now, few of them remember pre '67 if they weren't continuously shat upon, murdered and stolen from it's likely they would have begrudgingly accepted their fate by now
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