← Back to context Comment by missedthecue 2 years ago You may be surprised to learn it's been in shambles for a while longer than that. 6 comments missedthecue Reply Schiendelman 2 years ago Yeah, but it was meaningfully stabilizing before we fucked it again. oh_sigh 2 years ago No, it wasn't. What part are you even talking about?Israel was at war with all of its neighbors 5 years before Kissinger. The clerics were poised to take power in Iran since the 60s. same thing with the baaths in Iraq. Fricken 2 years ago Europe was in chaos for centuries up until the end of WW2. Since WW2 western powers have worked to keep the middle east in chaos. ekianjo 2 years ago when was it ever stable? borski 2 years ago A few thousand years of regular stabilization and destabilization would like a few words with you, lol
Schiendelman 2 years ago Yeah, but it was meaningfully stabilizing before we fucked it again. oh_sigh 2 years ago No, it wasn't. What part are you even talking about?Israel was at war with all of its neighbors 5 years before Kissinger. The clerics were poised to take power in Iran since the 60s. same thing with the baaths in Iraq. Fricken 2 years ago Europe was in chaos for centuries up until the end of WW2. Since WW2 western powers have worked to keep the middle east in chaos. ekianjo 2 years ago when was it ever stable? borski 2 years ago A few thousand years of regular stabilization and destabilization would like a few words with you, lol
oh_sigh 2 years ago No, it wasn't. What part are you even talking about?Israel was at war with all of its neighbors 5 years before Kissinger. The clerics were poised to take power in Iran since the 60s. same thing with the baaths in Iraq. Fricken 2 years ago Europe was in chaos for centuries up until the end of WW2. Since WW2 western powers have worked to keep the middle east in chaos.
Fricken 2 years ago Europe was in chaos for centuries up until the end of WW2. Since WW2 western powers have worked to keep the middle east in chaos.
borski 2 years ago A few thousand years of regular stabilization and destabilization would like a few words with you, lol
Yeah, but it was meaningfully stabilizing before we fucked it again.
No, it wasn't. What part are you even talking about?
Israel was at war with all of its neighbors 5 years before Kissinger. The clerics were poised to take power in Iran since the 60s. same thing with the baaths in Iraq.
Europe was in chaos for centuries up until the end of WW2. Since WW2 western powers have worked to keep the middle east in chaos.
when was it ever stable?
A few thousand years of regular stabilization and destabilization would like a few words with you, lol