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first, a point of history. most of the invasions that are cited as sucessful are military, not cultural or even really political. New kingdoms would rise in that area, and as long as they collected taxes, the average Joe on the street had no real interaction. They just saw some ever changing middle men pass on taxes to a ever changing overlord. Especially since the rise of Arab nationalism (in part spread to help the West uproot Turkish control in the Mid-East IIRC), the idea of occupation is simply a different matter.
our aims were drastically different, and more expansive. they proved to be too much, it seems. and what is the most tragic is that a whole lot of people predicted that this would be the case...before so many lives were lost. it's a shame.
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