Balta1701 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Aug 23, 2007 -> 02:28 PM) Actually, if you want to go waaaay back, you can certainly point out that not intervening in the Suez Crisis in 1956 planted the seeds in the Arab mindset that the US wouldn't be willing to stand up for its friends, allies and interests. You can certainly make a case that if we had joined with the Brits and smacked Nasser hard, we would have looked stronger in thew eyes of a lot of people in the Middle East. But life is complicated, especially when dealing with that part of the world. If you really wanna go back...the French invasion of Egypt under Napoleon back in 1798 was what really got the whole process of the West trying to conquer and control that area started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 23, 2007 -> 04:31 PM) If you really wanna go back...the French invasion of Egypt under Napoleon back in 1798 was what really got the whole process of the West trying to conquer and control that area started. I'll see your Napoleonic adventure, and raise you Le Chanson de Roland. So there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 LEt's just blame it on the Greeks and Persians and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Aug 24, 2007 -> 07:12 AM) LEt's just blame it on the Greeks and Persians and be done with it. Come on...I was all ready to take this back to the mass of energy that existed for fractions of a second after the big bang before things cooled enough for electrons to form! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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