With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalating, sectarian violence boiling over in Iraq, and Syria mired in a civil war that’s now more than three years old, the Middle East continues to be plagued by bloodshed and unrest. Here are The Onion’s tips for finally bringing peace to the troubled region:
I know it’s satire but I still don’t like how The Onion how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is any older than a century and change.
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I mean to an extent but definitely less than, say, Europe.
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I mean yes. That’s 700+ years right there. And before them the other caliphates. Sectarian violence wasn’t a common occurence in the Middle East before European colonization, which among other things drew nee borders in a way that intentionally encourages sectarian and ethnic violence.
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I thought we were talking about sectarian violence in the Middle East.
Huh? How so?
Anyway you’re trying to prove that Ottoman empire bad, which is… Well… It’s not that simple but I definitely don’t like them.
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You’re clearly moving the goalposts so I’ll just disengage from this conversation.