19. There is a story about the first world war, when the sheiks
all met in Damascus to set up new governments in the ME after defeating the Turks. The British didn't think they could do anything and were ready to sit back and wait for chaos to rise before stepping in. The shieks to their surprise had hammered out treaties and a working government in three days. The British were left with their mouths wide open.
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