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The Age of Jihad: Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East
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Clearly, George Bush Sr. made a grave error in invading Iraq. Patrick Cockburn chronicles how the hydra-headed monster called ISIS came to be - not just in a sudden appearance, but over a period of about two decades.
He describes in great detail, how the climate came to be such that the Middle East is a complex entity, plagued by violence and factionalism. He mentions the poorly executed campaigns from the UN, the US, Britain and France. The interesting thing is that there is no one single reason for the conflict, it's a series of events much like a snowball causing an eventual avalanche.
The following chilling words pretty much sum it up:
"The demons released by this age of chaos and war in the Middle East have become an unstoppable force."
He describes in great detail, how the climate came to be such that the Middle East is a complex entity, plagued by violence and factionalism. He mentions the poorly executed campaigns from the UN, the US, Britain and France. The interesting thing is that there is no one single reason for the conflict, it's a series of events much like a snowball causing an eventual avalanche.
The following chilling words pretty much sum it up:
"The demons released by this age of chaos and war in the Middle East have become an unstoppable force."
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June 4, 2017
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June 5, 2017
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