well that was one of Hegel's less enlightened remarks, and we know similar sentiments in Der Deutschland have had consequences in the past, the German experiences with the Herero related in 'Gravity's Rainbow' see I didn't go for the obvious play,

re the Middle East, I was reading Anderson's treatment of Lawrence, and his German doppelganger, Prufer, and his campaign to incite jihad in British territories,

As for the First Gulf War, that one was less of a success than met the eye, after all, besides the Kuwaitis who are busy funding jihad in Syria, we save Bin Laden, from a righteous hanging from the Republican Guard,

Well Mesopotamia and Assyria, the cradles of civilization has lasted for 5,000 years, the borders will be different to a degree,

actually surprise, you could never shut the defeatists up, the chill never shut Tim Robbins yap, Michael Moore who bordered on blood libel, as he has in practically every engagement, btw, it turns out there still are chemical weapons in Iraq, now they are in the hands of ISIS, itself a joint venture between the Salafi and the Baath,