"Then mainly Britain and France drew straight lines on a map creating artificial countries. Subsequently population explosion, resource wars and despotic regimes have been thoroughly shaken by entities such as the CIA and stirred by religious rivalries to create the present human tragedy over vast swathes of the area. Sadly No easy answers and no easy solutions."

They have had between almost 100 years to almost 70 years to sort it out among themselves and they have failed spectacularly to do so. Besides it was NOT just Britain and France who drew straight lines others were involved INCLUDING the USA. After such a time lapse the fault no longer rests with "The Big Bad West" high time the main actors took responsibility for the utterly corrupt hellholes that they themselves have created and for the millions who seek to flee to the west where instead of abandoning their old way of life they seek to reduce their saviour host nations to the exact same hellholes that they fled.