Obama wants to develop an entente, an understanding and condominium, with Iran to run the Arab Middle East – this according to Krauthammer on The O’Reilly Factor (Mon. 3/23). Historically, the current divisions in the Middle East into nation-states is based on decisions made at the end of WWI in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.  As an article by Ron Holland in the Free Republic points out: In the war, Turkey sided with Germany and the Austria-Hungarian Empire and when they were defeated all of the Middle East formerly part of the Ottoman Empire became "up for grabs" as spheres of influence for the victorious Allied nations. This is where many of the Middle East problems we face today began. The basically unfair Treaty of Versailles and distant, European politicians arbitrarily created the Middle East national boundaries we have today without any regard to local geography, tribal affiliations or national identity. This outside meddling in what should...(Read Full Post)