tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post116892796444974091..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: economist wants india to give kashmir to pakistanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1168968006929372482007-01-16T22:50:00.000+05:302007-01-16T22:50:00.000+05:30Rajeev,British 'expertise' can be traced to most c...Rajeev,<BR/>British 'expertise' can be traced to most conflicts in the world today. Specifically let me highlight the middle-east. It was the carving out of the Ottoman empire into incoherent nation states - a British & French led effort let it be noted - that <BR/>1- Created states such as Iraq (a non-nation in the trues sense of the word), <BR/>2- Denied the Kurds what it gave to every other entity - a national homeland based on ethnicity<BR/>3- Cleaved and separated the Muslims from the Christians (Syria vs. Lebanon)<BR/>4- Promised the Israelis and the 'Palestinians' a claim to the same land (akin to India realtors selling the same house twice to different parties)<BR/>5- Tried so hard to woo the Arabs (anyone remember 'Major' Lawrence?) while the grand Mufti of Jerusalem hopped into bed with Hitler<BR/>...Ghost Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356705865349053471noreply@blogger.com