Iraq
At the end of World War I the French and the British reneged on their promises to the Arabic allies. Although the Arabic allies supported the British advance against the Turkish armies of the Ottoman Empire with Colonel Lawrence under the guarantee of autonomy, the Treaty of Versailles failed to live up to their promise and required in article 434 “to recognize the new States in their frontier as there laid down” as designed by the British and French negotiators. This established that the West was not to be trusted.
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