It's very interesting when other nations carve up a fallen empire/nation like a bunch of vultures. They always have their own interests and don't ever care about the people who are actually living in these areas. This was especially true after the Ottoman Empire fell. Britain, France and Russia began to carve up the empire into zones of influence and began instilling their own beliefs on the people of these areas. Britain was making all of these promises to various types of people, and these problems are still at the root of the problems facing the Middle East today, especially in Israel. The British made vague and ambiguous promises of an Arab state after WWI. This appeased the arabs for a little while, but then in 1917 the British made the Balfour Declaration which gave support to the Zionists for a Jewish Homeland. You can see how both of these statements contradict each other and you can clearly see how they would be the base for a conflict in the region later on. This seems to happen a lot in the world. A country will move in and take control of an area, but they wont have the best interest of the people in mind when they do so.
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