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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: sea_urchin who wrote (14153)	1/22/2007 4:33:09 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (3) of 22250

Re: Lawrence, after having lived, worked and lead various successful military campaigns in the desert alongside the Arabs, was against Britain’s imperialism toward Iraq. According to James Barr(), Lawrence didn't oppose British "imperialism"... I seem to remember that there was a rivalry between India's British leadership and Egypt's. The former wanted military resources to be allocated to Iraq/Mesopotamia whereas the latter sought to drive the Ottomans out of Palestine and the then Hejjaz area... I agree, however, that TE Lawrence was not Arabophobic --quite the opposite, he was among the few British intelligence officers who spoke Arabic and enjoyed mixing with the Beduins. Lawrence really was a "romantic colonialist", an idealist whose motto could have been, "Everything for the Arabs (sovereignty, self-rule,...), nothing by the Arabs!" Lawrence's chief obsession was actually the French empire: Lawrence's prime mover was to drive the French out of the Near East, hence his deep disappointment at the (then secret) Sykes-Picot understanding... Lawrence's first and foremost objective was to reach Damas as soon as possible in order to thwart any claim the French might contemplate over Syria/Lebanon.... Gus () Message 23012549

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