Wry Catcher
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The OP has laid out a problem and attributes it to President Obama in the OP. The question is: "Does man make history or does history make the man?"
The quote above was from a lower division course in World History in my Freshman year.
Think about the conflicts on going in the middle east, the historical events which took place over a thousand years ago and the mandates created by the UK and US after the first world war.
Consider the CIA's intervention in Iran in 1953 and the installation of the Shah.
Think about the relative stability in the ME under admittedly despotic leaders, and the relationship with Iraq by US authorities such as Dick Cheney subsequent to the take over of our embassy during the Iranian Revolution, and the course of history which changed during our occupation of Iraq.
Does any educated person really believe President Obama created the mess unfolding in the ME? The mess was created long before the birth of President Obama, and to attribute his efforts to creating it is simply not true.
The quote above was from a lower division course in World History in my Freshman year.
Think about the conflicts on going in the middle east, the historical events which took place over a thousand years ago and the mandates created by the UK and US after the first world war.
Consider the CIA's intervention in Iran in 1953 and the installation of the Shah.
Think about the relative stability in the ME under admittedly despotic leaders, and the relationship with Iraq by US authorities such as Dick Cheney subsequent to the take over of our embassy during the Iranian Revolution, and the course of history which changed during our occupation of Iraq.
Does any educated person really believe President Obama created the mess unfolding in the ME? The mess was created long before the birth of President Obama, and to attribute his efforts to creating it is simply not true.
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