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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:56 PM

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The West Has Been Trying to Run the Middle East [View all] MineralMan Sunday OP

That's recent history. MineralMan Sunday #2

Yah, It has gone both ways at various times. MineralMan Sunday #4

OK. The Greeks, too. MineralMan Sunday #19

Ding ding malaise Sunday #5

I agree 100%. MineralMan Sunday #6

I don't think climate change is the main issue. LeftInTX Sunday #8

WWI was A Peace to End All Peace. PufPuf23 Sunday #14

I was about to say Sympthsical Sunday #20

The Mongols WSHazel Sunday #21

Recommended. H2O Man Sunday #9

Never worked? WarGamer Sunday #10

Control has gone back and forth, and is still fluctuating MineralMan Sunday #11

We're doing this to preserve the petrodollar pcdb Sunday #16

It might make sense snot Sunday #12

It's always a power struggle, isn't it? MineralMan Sunday #13

It shouldn't "work" MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #15

In modern times it's been about oil. ananda Sunday #17

FWIW My paternal grandparents were Armenians from Ottoman Turkey. LeftInTX Monday #23