re: #35 Destro

A serious response. Finally.

The Ottomans were indeed guilty of the charges you make. They were the regional super power of the times and like aqll super powers,exploited where they could for their own benefit Real politik.

That said, the regimes have long since shed the yoke of Ottoman rule.

The dysfunction you see today is more the result of Pan Arabism and Baathism gone bad.