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[โ€“] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They didn't just do that out of ignorance, although that certainly was a part of it. They often drew borders deliberately through ethnic groups to sow division.

[โ€“] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, it was incredibly fucked up. iirc, one of the core goals of ISIS was to undo Sykes-Picot, even.