[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

[Chris]

On 09/23/16 12:32, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

>
> Well written. I'd just add that you also must go back to what happened
> the few years directly after the WW-I when GB and France (mainly)
> put a map on the table, took a ruler and a pencil and created
> what we now know as the countries in the Middle East. In many
> cases purely constructs to match the needs of western coutries
> trade and economics, such as Kuwait to let the GB keep the
> controle of oil export from the region. Should logicaly have
> been part of Iraq, of course, if it hadn't been for the oil.
> Sadaam had a point there, but his solution wasn't that good...
>
> Syria was also a creation of this post WW-I caos and issues
> as we see today was probably just a matter of time away.
>
> The simplistic view that some here expresses doesn't help a bit, of
> course. I do not have any solution either, but correctly understanding
> the historical background can help some.
>
> Regards, Jan-Erik Söderholm
>

We do have a lot to answer for historical decisions that were easy
to impose on the Arab states at the time. The sad thing being that
we seem to have learned nothing from those mistakes, which suggests
that ideals and ethical considerations are secondary other agendas
and interests. The West lost the moral high ground in favor of
expediency years ago, if in fact we ever had it.

I've thought for a long time that the tribalism and fractious nature
of some Middle Eastern countries can only be managed by a much
heavier hand than would be acceptable here in the West. If the
aim is to maximise stability for majority of the population, then
sometimes civil liberties and freedom must take second place...

Regards,

Chris