The way I heard it, an earlier domestic dynastic squabble led to some damage of unspecified extent, and the French simply administered the coup de grâce.
How not surprising who the real culprits were, or what they did.
As some wise person put it recently, we're not in a war of civilizations -- we're in a war for civilization.
As some wise person put it recently, we’re not in a war of civilizations — we’re in a war for civilization.
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Concur. Have been aware of that since the muslim uprising began in 1979. Iran declaring war on the US should have been a clue.