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SWBTATTReg

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1. Well, it's kind of hard to avoid the region, since every time they need arms and such, guess who they come running to?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:07 PM

Jun 21

The West (and we have unfortunately or fortunately tons of people to sell these arms to them). The cycle repeats after a violent confrontation, and then the rearming starts all over again. How many cycles have we seen so far in the Middle East? I suspect too many and that we're yet to see more cycles of this bloodshed to come still.

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The West Has Been Trying to Run the Middle East [View all] MineralMan Jun 21 OP

Well, it's kind of hard to avoid the region, since every time they need arms and such, guess who they come running to? SWBTATTReg Jun 21 #1

That's recent history. MineralMan Jun 21 #2

You might also say the Middle East tried to run the West since the Battle of Marathon muriel_volestrangler Jun 21 #3

Yah, It has gone both ways at various times. MineralMan Jun 21 #4

Alexander the Great conquered and destroyed the Achaemenid Persian Empire Celerity Jun 21 #18

OK. The Greeks, too. MineralMan Jun 21 #19

Ding ding malaise Jun 21 #5

I agree 100%. MineralMan Jun 21 #6

Actually, the Byzantine, Persian, Islamic and Ottoman empires were stronger WSHazel Jun 21 #7

I don't think climate change is the main issue. LeftInTX Jun 21 #8

WWI was A Peace to End All Peace. PufPuf23 Jun 21 #14

I was about to say Sympthsical Jun 21 #20

The Mongols WSHazel Jun 21 #21

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 21 #9

Never worked? WarGamer Jun 21 #10

Control has gone back and forth, and is still fluctuating MineralMan Jun 21 #11

We're doing this to preserve the petrodollar pcdb Jun 21 #16

It might make sense snot Jun 21 #12

It's always a power struggle, isn't it? MineralMan Jun 21 #13

It shouldn't "work" MorbidButterflyTat Jun 21 #15

In modern times it's been about oil. ananda Jun 21 #17

We'll see shortly whether Trump is running the White House or Netanyahu. pecosbob Jun 21 #22

FWIW My paternal grandparents were Armenians from Ottoman Turkey. LeftInTX Monday #23