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In reply to the discussion: Oh that sixteen year old Palestinian boy was burned alive [View all]truedelphi
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Of course, add in the despicable shit that the CIA stirs up, and the conflicts that might have been minor brouhaha's become major ones.
For instance, around the time of War against the Iraq People Number One came about, Iraq as a nation had a very high standard of living. Women were encouraged to get graduate degrees, many people spoke three if not four languages, and women did not have to wear a burkha. And a very broad tolerance of all the major world religions was evident. There were Sunnis, there were Shi'a, there were Christians, and Jews, and even Sufis.
Then add our wonderfully CIA and its hornet's nest type of behavior, that is, our military strikes and a decade of sanctions, and and you will see a society rent asunder. Then Iraq War II made things even worse, of course.