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The Mess in the Middle East

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Mar 24, 2017
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The “Great Game” being played in the Middle East with Syria and Iraq as the center rings bears a superficial similarity to the power political maneuverings of the dominant European states in their African and Asian periphery during the 19th century.

There is a somewhat closer resemblance to the Spanish civil war in the mix of multiple local parties, exte…

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