Originally posted by SLY
It's very common in history, a western country invade some poor eastern country for ordinary colonial reasons :

- increasing their power & domination.
- controling economical natural resources (fossils,minerals,agricultural,etc.) , and strategic geographical positions.
- spreading good ideologies against the evil ones (oh yeah, su*k my di*k!)
- protecting foreigner interests against local ones.
- religious doctrine, mythologies , and general crap (crusades ,,,,,hmm....errr.... israel !).
- etc.etc.etc.

There is an equally long history of Arab (and other Eastern) nations invading other countries for exactly those reasons.

Should we all continue to live in the past, or shall we just accept that people are people and try to make a better future?