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Colonialism in the Middle East
Colonialism has a long history in the Middle East. Muslim Turks, known as the Ottomans, had colonized almost the whole of the Middle East beginning in the 13th century and continued to rule the region right up to the end of the First World War. The Ottoman rule ended when Turkey, allied with the Central Powers, was defeated in WWI, and the victors led by Britain and France, decided to carve up the Middle Eastern territories between themselves.
During the War, Britain had promised the Sharif of Mecca independence for the Arabs, in exchange for their support against the Ottomans. Later, they reneged on the promise and instead in the Belfour Declaration (1916) promised the creation of a separate homeland for the Jews in Palestine. After the War, a mandate system was evolved which envisaged "supervision" of the former Arab provinces by the members of the League of Nations," with limited autonomy for the local Arabs. As a result, five new mandate states were created: Britain took over...
The 'mandate' was a thinly disguised form of colonialism and all effective political powers rested with the European powers. The conflicting policies of the colonists and the prospect of a Jewish state in their midst enraged the Arabs and various nationalist movements that had previously risen against the Ottomans started to confront the Europeans. When the Jewish state of Israel was finally created on Arab territory in 1949, with the full support of the colonial powers as well as the United States and Soviet Union, it set the stage for continuing conflict. The festering conflict has still not been resolved and is the cause of major strife around the world, and is at least partly responsible for the rise of Islamic terrorism.
The legacy of colonialism in the Middle East is, thus, one of conflict, terrorism, betrayal, maneuvering for the control of oil reserves and proxy wars between various powers. Positive aspects of colonialism…
Decades later, the legacy of colonialism continues to haunt the region. The neo-conservatives in the United States are expounding the same centuries' old colonialist theory of the "white man's burden" of guiding the 'lesser' nations towards the 'right path.' Forgetting the advice of Thomas Jefferson that, "The laws which must effect [a people's happiness] must flow from their own habits, their own feelings, and the resources of their own minds. No stranger to these could possibly propose regulations adapted to them," the U.S. has embarked on a crusade to create a "model" of democracy in the Middle East for the Arabs and the Muslim countries to follow. The British attempted a similar exercise unsuccessfully in the early part of the 20th century. Not having learnt the lessons of history, the U.S. is repeating the same mistake.
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