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1) First of all the majority of the Arab world was independent. Secondly not all Arabs revolted. Some Arabs fought with the Ottomans (in fact the majority of independent rulers in the neighborhood - google Emirate of Jabal Shammar). Thirdly the majority of the Ottomans were Arabs, not Turks. Arabs of Hijaz (despite ruling themselves de facto by large due to the Sharif of Makkah who was only second to the Sultan in Istanbul) and Levant and elsewhere wanted full independence and revolted as did Albanians and others. Brits saw this as an opportunity to gain foothold in the region (further) and play their own games. Ottomans themselves were allied with the Christian Germans. So why the hypocrisy? Ottomans were fighting Muslims with Germans. No difference.
2) Not at all. Was it a foolish thing for the Turks to steal the Caliphate from the Arabs in 1517 after almost 1000 years of Arab rule of the Caliphate? You ask them. They seem proud of their Ottomans.
3) There was no lack of anything otherwise the Ottomans would not have been defeated quite easily. Also nobody back then (100 years ago) stood any chances against the UK which was the US of today or the Western world. Western presence in the region was just a question of time. Just like the Ottomans lost almost all of small Balkan decades prior and many other territories to Europeans.
4) Which unnatural borders does Egypt have? Today's Egypt is very much a reflection of ancient and historical Egypt. Same story with Palestine (expect for Jewish land-grabbing which is a separate discussion altogether, Jewish migration occurred under the watch of Ottomans - read this below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah
while Iraq is also mostly a reflection of ancient Mesopotamia with the exception of parts of Northeastern KSA, Kuwait and Al-Ahwaz (majority Arab-inhabited areas of Iran).
5) People did not only think about Palestine but about liberating their lands. Palestine was important but nobody back then could have imagined British treason to occur or more mass-Jewish migration. Even if this had not occurred Israel would still have existed due to Western pressure, Rothschild and other influential Jewish billionaires and afterwards WW2 and Holocaust made the necessity of an Jewish homeland even bigger so Europe (UK) pushes for it even more.
6) Freedom. 100% sovereignty. Correction of history and back to status quo (Arabs dominating their ancestral regions and the Middle East). This is worth more than any money on the planet. Those who do not value their sovereignty become nothing. Represent nothing. Ask the Kurds that question. Obviously here I am talking about those parts of the Arab world under Ottoman influence or rule. As I wrote initially large parts of the Arab world were always sovereign (90% of KSA, Oman, Morocco etc. to give a few examples).
As for wars, those are imposed wars or wars done by regional countries or regimes. Regimes that would have existed regardless of anything just like they exist among non-Arabs in the region. Only progress and time will change that like anywhere else, for instance neighboring Europe.
Hope that this is sufficient. If not write in the Arab Coffee Shop Thread on the Arab section. Our inactive chill-chat thread and I will give you more details, sources (Arab primary sources and non-Arab sources) and everything else you need to know.
EDIT: Have in mind that I replied to your questions within 9 minutes so if something is a bit unclear it is due to that.
Not to mention never being at the height of Europeans or even being able to emulate former glories of past Arab Caliphates (a fact and not due to ethnic pride that I mention it) and neglecting Arab-majority lands (most of the Ottoman territory).
This neglect was evident on all fronts which is also something that the Iraqi Twitter user rightly highlighted in this twitter.
@Shogun
My false-flagging Saudi Arabian and Arab "friend"? Still looking for some Arab to help you with translating that 2 minute long video? You have been watching this thread for 1-2 hours but yet no reply.
Furthermore the Zionism movement was playing with the competitiveness between the European powers since the 16th century.. So if it was not not the Brits who have helped in the creation of Usrael, it would have been France or Germany or others.. regardless of anything else.. since the Zionists had proposed a state that will make any power who helps them to create their state in Palestine benefit from its geo-location.. (after at least 3 attempts of the European power to settle the Jews in different places in the planet..) because maritime trade was king of commerce at that time.. that power who will help will have unlimited access to Asia through the red sea and a link overland to the Mediterranean sea circumventing Africa completely, hence the appearance of the Suez canal made by the Brits too..So in reality the Ottomans were no where to see in this plot.. actually it took advantage of their weakness.. it seems like they were sleeping while the Zionists were plotting against them 400 years ago.. that roughly the time it took Zionists to create the modern day Usrael 70 years ago..