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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

And lets not forget shit like the CIA overthrowing attempts at democracy.

And of course the UN partitioning Palestine to create Israel.

And all the fucking oil wars.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

When I learned that even World War I was sparked by oil grabs, I was briefly surprised, then realized, of course it was.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Britain and Russia have been screwing around with Afghanistan for 200 years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

chuckling: Afghanistan may be the graveyard of other empires, but I'm built different