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Wanderer
Nov 5, 2006

our every move is the new tradition
Looking up the sociopolitical context of the modern Middle East and how it feeds into its current tendency to produce zealot-infested holy warriors has been on my "one of these days" list for a while, so I'm interested in this thread.

I guess I've been roundly assuming that it probably had a lot to do with Western powers jockeying behind the scenes due to oil access and Israel's presence, but I've never been quite sure where to start. Is there a Why This Place Matters And/Or Kind of Sucks for Dummies book someone could recommend?

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