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If you really think the US is behind their strategic rivalry with Iran, you need to do some more research. Assad is an Iranian ally, and like Hezbullah they want Iranian influance out of Arab lands. GCC is like Israel in their degree of influence on US policies in the ME.

People seem to overlook the GCC's stance on this, they want to intervene. Its not the US alone, its France and the GCC who are the most vocal about it.

Well, at least Turks dont typically have any dangerous ideologies they promote.

How did Turks end up ruling Arabs anyway? was it conquest or consensual?

Japan's ships used to defeat the Russians were built by the British, later the Germans helped them improve their aviation production techniques. The Japanese never devised new technologies during the course of the war like Radar, (UK), Rockets, Jet engines, Cruise missiles (Germany), Atomic...

Yeah Afghanistan is tougher than all the opponents us and Russia have faced so far. Its a low scale conflict which revolves around acting as policemen. Even Israel has not "defeated" insurgency yet it defeated all those arab armies.. Either the police role is being outsourced to drones...

Muslims have Arab names. I don't see why Indonesians are excluded in criticism.

I'm sure all peoples feel this way. The italians , Spanish, British, Germans, japanese , etc. Must all be reflecting back on how much power they used to have at a certain point in time. I doubt it has anything to do with religion, just some nations getting stagnant while others progress and...

If you are talking about USA and Russia...they were not fighting for their survival. Israel did in its wars. Big difference.

Either way both these cities are better off than many in the US, UK, India etc. Japan and Germany have the last laugh.

Jews dont do this to their own.

The main thing was breaking the Japanese naval code. Thats when it became a cakewalk for the US to take out Japanese assets.

Ironically this post shows indian caliber to connect dots and reach a conclusion.

I think Cathay was derived from the "Kithan" people who ruled northern China.

Much of the Arab world is located in Africa. Perhaps thats a reason they dont consider themselves Asian. If you really feel so inclusive, Europe itself is actually a subcontinent of Asia in reality. I personally like using the term Mediterranean to describe that area. About the term Asia...

70 million is more than half of Japans population, it is not even 10% of indias. Keep it all in perspective.

So many Indians were predicting the collapse of USA, EU, China lol.

Its pretty good looking, saw one a few days ago.

The Japanese culture emphasizes peace. I highly doubt it.

Islam suggests a system similar to a monarchy. That could explain why the Arab nations under monarchies are more stable.