Re:EFF: Say No to Online Censorship
by Daishiman on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @02:58PM
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The conflict with Israel is just a tiny fraction of the issues behind the Middle East problems.
Much more substantial were the efforts of the US government to overthrow moderate regimes for hardlines who would support them, as well the UK's efforts to deliberately screw up the decolonization efforts by drawing up national boundaries with no regards to the inhabitants' will.
It's complex, but it's ridiculously easy to see where things were wrong, and you don't need the hindsight either.
Re:EFF: Say No to Online Censorship
by jbooth on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @07:12PM
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Thanks. Don't leave out France, either, inventors of the dumbest system of government possibly in world history in Lebanon, and the proximate cause of about 30 years of civil war.
Much more substantial were the efforts of the US government to overthrow moderate regimes for hardlines who would support them, as well the UK's efforts to deliberately screw up the decolonization efforts by drawing up national boundaries with no regards to the inhabitants' will.
It's complex, but it's ridiculously easy to see where things were wrong, and you don't need the hindsight either.