Posted by Declan on April 3, 2006, at 18:09:33
In reply to Re: what happend to the Kurds *poss. trigger* » special_k, posted by AuntieMel on March 27, 2006, at 10:33:55
I find it hard to believe that people in the administration were so (is it offensive to say?) ignorant, as to simply transpose the experience of eastern Europe to the middle east. (But maybe they didn't?) That would imply a disregard for the history of the middle east. I've never understood it. But in the days of British Imperialism there were, I think, many more educated people who took an interest in the native subjects of the empire. Probably not a lot filtered through into actual policy, but it was there.
Declan
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