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In the year 1970, every Middle Eastern country with the exceptions of Saudi Arabia and Jordan were run by secular governments. Guess which governments survived?
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the most obeisant servants of the US and Israel
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It's hilarious that the Yanks were so convinced the Russians did Iran that they started doing it everywhere in retaliation
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Not really, Iraq was ruled by Sunni Arabs who treated like shit everyone that wasn't a Sunni Arab and Syria was ruled by Alawites who treated like shit everyone who wasn't an alawite. Both regimes hated each other despite larping as baathist because tribal affiliation mattered more than some 20th century larp
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This, disgruntled military officers that had previously worked under Saddam joining ISIS were a significant part of its initial successes
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>"Arab nationalism"
>keeps allying with west against other Arabs

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