Yep, Sykes-Picot is necessary to understand why the Koran says to kill all infidels.
Oh, we’re poor little victims the British set up funky borders for us! That’s why we want to RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Yes, this explains how again and again the United States is saddled with the mess that the British and French caused during WWI by their chopping up the old Ottoman Empire into states created by them in the Middle East.
Well worth watching documentary:
Promises and Betrayals - Middle East - History Channel Documentary
Published on Aug 5, 2013
documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW2sm0iR0E8
Yeah, and the Jordanians still resent that huge notch in their border with Saudi, known as “Winston’s hiccup”.
I do think that the Middle East would benefit from an independent Kurdish state, just saying.