Obviously not. Where is the contradiction ?
About Kuwait : It was an artificial state created by the UK to control the navigation toward India. Then Ottoman empire invaded it. After its fall, they tried to rebuild this country for oil reasons. They could have just created a single state, because Kuwait was under Bassorah administration. But in both cases it was a western creation. Times change but western Imperialism is still the same.
To sell weapons was not a major goal at the begining. But it became more important during Cold War.
During XIX century, coal mines control was important; during XX century it was oil etc.
You can't just sit and watch Middle East burning without admitting that Europe and USA have a huge responsability. And that's a reason why they hate us so much in this area.
1. Lol, k.
2. People do whatever to make money. There is nothing "wrong" there, it's simple human nature. If I had 10k planks of wood and 1 place would buy it all for 10,000 and then another would buy it for 50,000 I'll sell to the higher price.
3. Majority of Middle east fought itself for a long, long time. Due to Globalization, the middle east seems to be more destabilized from outside sources, but all that has happened is nothing but what Islamic Countries have been doing for centuries. Oh, and FYI, The ARABS revolted from Ottoman Rule with British Help.
Only Syria, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq were the countries whose borders were drawn after the war. The majority of the old Ottoman Empire was long since lost before World War I.
