[dfwgator]

Also from the contemporary point of view...it obviously takes the side of the British but the rise of Arab nationalism has been an utter disaster. The Turkey of Ataturk was the side to root for there.

Of course, though, the Soviet Union, would have gotten involved there too, and tried to appeal to the Arabs. You never know how these things would have turned out.

[bagman]

The Soviet Union did get involved, publishing secret treaties and agreements made by France and England, in an effort to turn the Arab populace against those two countries. This effort was made after the Great War ended.