In response to Charlie

This is a response to three of Charlie's posts, here, here, and here.

The rivalry between France and Britain that had a huge impact in the Middle East before WWI had pretty much disappeared after the war.  This is mainly because Britain and France had just fought on the same side in order to defeat the Germans, and now that they had supreme control over the Middle East, thanks to the destroyed Ottomans, there was no reason they couldn’t be happy each accepting half of the territory.  Russia was a noteworthy participant in the rivalry consisting of Britain and France before WWI, and they also had a role in the Sykes-Picot agreement.  Interestingly, the rivalry that had to some degree weakened between Britain and France remained strong with Russia.  The fact that Russia was still at odds with Britain and France meant that the Middle East was only going to act as another battleground for the tension that existed between the two sides.