Yeah, this whole "that place hasn't had peace for thousands of years" is a Western talking point made to justify our occupation there.
The Ottoman and Arab empire (which we LOVE to pretend never existed) not only brought a lot of the innovations in science and technology that we still use to this day, but they also had a lot of social advancements that predated Western culture.
I'd easily take less evil than fascist evil. For anyone to not be able to distinguish the two is such a failure.
Heroically ignorant and without nuance.
Hush, child