Yahoo! News - Arabs Say U.S. Policies Add to Mideast Insecurity "Many Arabs fear the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a precursor to a wider policy of forced regime change throughout the region, where Western-style democracy is -- at best -- in its infancy." Emphasis on the word fear?
I think it's safe to say that nearly all the conflicts around the world in the last hundred or so years have because some Western power has moved into an area without making an effort to understand the culture. Look at the creation of Iraq and Iran. Look at the creation of Israel in modern times. Look at the saddest example, the "sramble for Africa."
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