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But the united states did have some input. >> right. >> what role did the united states play in creating this post-ottoman middle east? >> well, they had an opportunity, thats probably a better way to put it, of heading off the carving of the partition of the middle east between the british and the french. woodrow wilson at the paris peace conference famously came with the idea that people had the right to self-determination and it was going to be a continuation of the imperial a era. however, h...