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" ... When the French and British were colluding over the post-Ottoman map in 1916, czarist Russia quietly acquiesced as Paris and London divided up the territories. Just a year later, in 1917, the Soviets threw a strategic spanner into the Western agenda by publishing the Sykes-Picot agreement, planting the seeds for Arab insurrection and thus ensuring that Europe's imperialist rule over the Middle East would be anything but easy. The U.S. administration recognizes the trap that has been laid. But more mindful of the region's history this time around, Washington will likely leave it to the regional players to absorb most of the risk. ... "
" ... While still living in czarist Russia, Sikorsky experimented with primitive vertical lift aircraft as early as 1907, writes Leishman. Sikorsky honed his designs after emigrating to the U.S. And by 1943, he had developed the R-5, a two-seater helicopter that saw wide use in the Pacific during World War II. ... "