as FS said, simplistic nonsense.
here's some more simplistic but not so nonsense..
as the place where the first chemical weapons were used by the brits for imperialism, the 'west' has been involved since it could, creating blowback all the way. the big money has been cashing in on conflict ever since it figured out how to sell weapons to both sides of european struggles. It's not obvious because the victor writes the history...
but, for some history on America's role, John Perkins just came out with a whistleblower book called 'confessions of an economic hitman'
http://www.politrix.org/modules.php?...ticle&sid=1498
that details the imperialistic strategy which has been going on for a long ass time.
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