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pitenius ago

I believe that many of the gruesome acts committed by the West in this region were to intentionally prevent anything like the Ottoman Empire from ever forming again. If there was a strong, modern and united military in that region, then western societies would not have such easy access to their oil.

Interesting. Consider the timeline, though. Saudi Arabia: 1932. Iraq: 1920. Right at the rise of petroleum as a factor in geopolitics.

jobes ago

Standard Oil had their monopoly destroyed in 1911, so those are convenient time tables for something to try and take their place. With such a large business and industry, it would be then that westerners would try to covertly expand into those regions.