The four nations of Afghanistan, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Libya under Colonel Gaddafi, and Syria under Bassar al AsThe four nations of Afghanistan, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Libya under Colonel Gaddafi, and Syria under Bassar al Assad, were all in their own way attempting to develop their societies by the year 2000. All four had their faults; but all four nations were ‘progressing' on the criterion of development - in popular education, development of infrastructure and industries. As everyone knows, all four were overtly invaded by different variations of the US-led military machine, often alongside proxy forces.

Recent international humanitarian groups have publicly defined Israeli/Palestinians as a form of apartheid. The consequences have been consistent: war and permanent conflict. Israel's survival as an independent state has been due to the support they have received from the USA. Israel has become the largest per head recipient of financial aid in the world. Israel has a nuclear arsenal and armed forces unlike any other nation in the region.