Even experts oversimplify Middle Eastern policy, because there's no other way to put it into a framework for our western interpretations of democracy and the development thereof, without missing crucial reasons as to why things are the way they are.
It takes years to become a subject matter expert for one country down there, let alone the entirety of the Middle and Near East.
The news we get in Europe and the US about them is painfully basic. Like a Facebook meme compared to an Encyclopedia. And with the news there being ranked low in regards to press freedom, it's a shifty thing and hard to get into until you reach a certain depth.
Even experts oversimplify Middle Eastern policy, because there's no other way to put it into a framework for our western interpretations of democracy and the development thereof, without missing crucial reasons as to why things are the way they are.
It takes years to become a subject matter expert for one country down there, let alone the entirety of the Middle and Near East.
The news we get in Europe and the US about them is painfully basic. Like a Facebook meme compared to an Encyclopedia. And with the news there being ranked low in regards to press freedom, it's a shifty thing and hard to get into until you reach a certain depth.