Anderson : Conflicts in the Middle East are disintegrating region 's post-World War I borders . British , French imperialists `` built volcano in Middle East and then sat atop it '' In desperation , the British forged a secret agreement with Emir Hussein , the ruler of the Hejaz region of western Arabia , to raise an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks . World may be worried about `` Balkanization '' of Iraq , `` but that 's already happened to Libya '' which is now a failed state with no real government or army. We 're running out of places that European imperialists screwed up .
Anderson : Conflicts in the Middle East are disintegrating region 's post-World War I borders . British , French imperialists `` built volcano in Middle East and then sat atop it '' World may be worried about `` Balkanization '' of Iraq , `` but that 's already happened to Libya '' which is now a failed state with no real government or army. We 're running out of places that European imperialists screwed up .