The past four decades in the Middle East (and Aghanistan) have been non-stop horror; with much external involvement. Of course it's a wreck.
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Yet the people keep trying. Even in Syria, current efforts at protests and democratic, elected councils. People try the moment guns stop.
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Can the Middle East get better? Of course. If Germany can be part of EEC (pre-EU) 10 years after committing genocide, so can these nations.
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Germany did not emerge alone. It was showered with aid & given a path out. Middle East remains a land for proxy wars—its people disregarded.
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I don't mean to minimize Middle East's problems. (Nope, no). Just maddening to see rest of world still do so much to make it even worse.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hala Gorani
Sorry—Blair won't even have an embarrassing press conference.He'll just shrug off the reality that most can now see.https://twitter.com/HalaGorani/status/750689866954964992 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ayça Çubukçu
What planet am I on? Anyone know how to ping Juno to request a ride? Any app for that?https://twitter.com/ayca_cu/status/750704731593510912 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Phil Tinline
Germany welcomed back into humanity only few years after Auschwitz. But Middle East is ancient, unsolvable hatreds.https://twitter.com/phil_tinline/status/750724571851030530 …
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@phil_tinline you are right in principle. However, Germany was much more homogeneous than Middle East. Much easier to keep peace1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Add it up: Europe fought more over Alsace-Lorraine than Middle East sects over a thousand years. Now no issue in EU.
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1945 Germany & 2003 Iraq both post-fascist but a big difference: Grmy crushed in war it started; feared resistance minimal
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Immediate aftermath of Iraq war also quiet. Remember, people hated Saddam. This could have gone very differently.
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