kriykat<p>Regretting Western Intervention in the Middle East<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/regretting-western-intervention-in-the-middle-east/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/</span><span class="invisible">regretting-western-intervention-in-the-middle-east/</span></a><br>&amp;#8220;Wars for oil, control and strategic dominance were cloaked in the language of democracy&amp;#8221; — Ann Wright delivers an argument at the Cambridge Union Debates. Here is a video of the entire debate; author&amp;#8217;s segment 2:39 — 14:16. 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