Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoPeople who grew up with Vietnam and the Cold War, is Iran going to be the new vietnam or just a semi cool war?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down16
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squarePeople who grew up with Vietnam and the Cold War, is Iran going to be the new vietnam or just a semi cool war?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days ago The main players in the Middle East have been fighting for the last 3,000 That’s wildly ahistorical. What you’re describing is the Ottoman Empire, a region that was largely stable and peaceful for centuries.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAnd the Persians in Iran did alright for a while too
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoThen Britain and friends jumped in and drew new borders for everyone because that’s exactly what wasn’t needed.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoDeliberately formed a number of minority controlled governments, with a mandate to kill the majority ethnic group if they got out of line. Israel was one of these, but hardly the only one.
That’s wildly ahistorical.
What you’re describing is the Ottoman Empire, a region that was largely stable and peaceful for centuries.
And the Persians in Iran did alright for a while too
Then Britain and friends jumped in and drew new borders for everyone because that’s exactly what wasn’t needed.
Deliberately formed a number of minority controlled governments, with a mandate to kill the majority ethnic group if they got out of line.
Israel was one of these, but hardly the only one.