On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:40:59 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-01-12 10:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> > On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 7:23:48 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> >>
> >> Now Trump wants to bomb Iraq's oil fields, which means more oil fires.
> >> Iraq isn't the problem, it's Saudi Arabia.
> >>
> > Perhaps. However, like many areas of the world the Middle East was fairly stable until the USA decided to fix its problems.
> >
>
> When was the Middle East Stable? Troubles started there long before the
> US had any involvement.

It was relatively stable after about 1950. Conflicts were localized.

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