Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Well my dear X, if they have been fighting so damn long and for every reason under the sun then get off our backs about fighting them, they obviously have a culture built on conflict, we're just obliging them
Europe was fighting wars pretty much nonstop up to 50 years ago, during which time there's been similar peace in the Middle East. America has racked up over 80 foreign interventions since WW2. The problems there started when vast quantities of oil was discovered there. The Brits just happened to be the world's superpower at that time and most in need of that oil. If it'd been discovered 50 years later the US would have total authorship of the recent problems there.