Anderson : Mountains in the Middle East are the region 's post - World War I borders . British , French , ` ` built volcano in Middle East and then sat atop it '' World may be talking about ` ` Balkanization '' of Iraq , ` ` but that 's already happened to Libya '' What might explode next ? Anderson : We 're running out of places that European imperialists screwed up .
Anderson : Mountains in the Middle East are the region 's post - World War I borders . British , French , ` ` built volcano in Middle East and then sat atop it '' World may be talking about ` ` Balkanization '' of Iraq , ` ` but that 's already happened to Libya '' Anderson : We 're running out of places that European imperialists screwed up .