imagine this: iran invaded USA, changed everything from the power of authority to the education system. in the case of education, while you communicate in english at home to your friends and family, you're required to learn to speak/read/write/understand the arabic language since it's the language of instruction in the classroom. they teach you math,science,etc using arabic. failure to learn arabic fast enough implies failing your SAT and not getting admission to higher institution of learning. as a result, more than 60% quit school before grade 9 and no more than 10% continue on to college/university.
this is the situation in almost every country in africa. their colonial masters had different goals and this was imposed as stringent as possible and it continues to be the norm up to today. if you can't blame the colonialist, then who can you blame? this is people's life interrupted and you simply can't wash your hand off as if you didn't have anything to do with it. situation in iraq is playing out just about the same way it did in africa, but it seems the west didn't learn anything from history either.