re: #733 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Same for the brits, though we never hear ppl complaining about the arbitrary boundary lines of other current ME states.

Well, unless it’s the Kurds. But ostensibly, pan-Arabism was supposed to be about that, although hey why blame the actual perps when one can just blame Israel for all one’s woes. /

Credit where it’s due: back in day the British had a real talent for making the locals fight while ducking there fair share of blame.

These days, it’s just that the UK are to distant too be effective scapegoats: fear-based propaganda works best if there’s a sense of salient threat.