Looking at the two big news publishers in my country. One isn’t reporting about the current bombings at all, while the other one is phrasing their words mostly anti-Palestinian.
Is there some neutral coverage I can keep up to? Where do you guys get your info from?
A western plot? No, this isn’t a movie, this is real life. Has western influence made the region worse in modern history? Very VERY yes: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/yemen-crisis
Yemens borders today are set by westerners, it has been colonized by the Ottomans and British, it’s very first leader, a despot, was an American installation, and now the rebels are armed with weapons from Saudi Arabia. Where does Saudi Arabia buy it’s weapons again? Oh yeah, the US.
Iran funds an insurgency, Saudi intervenes, and it’s all the fault of the West. I see.
Do you believe there are significant conflicts in the world that aren’t a result of Western plotting? How guilty do you consider the West of the civil war in Myanmar, for example?
“Western Plotting”? I’m not saying that. Again: This isn’t a movie, this is real life. I’m not saying the west is guilty of anything, I’m talking historical facts. I’m saying in geopolitics, the welfare of foreigners in foreign countries is a priority far below things like boosting your economy or political career or personal portfolio at home. And not just politics, international private entities care more about creating value for their shareholders than international accord, too. Short term, domestic thinking with destabilizing consequences abroad, not shadowy council tinfoil hat stuff. Many complex, moving parts, many of which don’t have the middle east’s best interests at heart despite having lots of dealings there.
What you said was that modern conflicts are upheld by Western activity. I’m trying to illustrate that you will usually have to dismiss the proximate causes, and sometimes construe very stilted and tenuous explanations, to make that statement fit reality.
America is very powerful and has a presence over much of the world. In virtue of this power, their involvement, or lack of involvement, is always an important factor in conflicts. This does not mean that they cause those conflicts.
