Comments on: Selig the Cartographer http://pakistanpolicy.com/2009/05/11/selig-the-cartographer/ Analysis of Pakistan's domestic and foreign affairs Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:06:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ali Azizi http://pakistanpolicy.com/2009/05/11/selig-the-cartographer/comment-page-1/#comment-16057 Ali Azizi Fri, 15 May 2009 00:01:32 +0000 http://pakistanpolicy.com/?p=1338#comment-16057 I don't see how the last portion was a low blow, it was very apt and reveals the narrow mindedness of the new age of misinformed American neo-imperialists like Harrison. I don’t see how the last portion was a low blow, it was very apt and reveals the narrow mindedness of the new age of misinformed American neo-imperialists like Harrison.

]]> By: Arif Rafiq http://pakistanpolicy.com/2009/05/11/selig-the-cartographer/comment-page-1/#comment-16004 Arif Rafiq Thu, 14 May 2009 08:39:03 +0000 http://pakistanpolicy.com/?p=1338#comment-16004 Nechirivan, your statement about the Kurds -- accurate as it is -- doesn't negate what I wrote about Iraq in general. There is, after all, the remaining 80% of the country -- the Sunni and Shia Arabs. My statement -- that Iraq had a "fairly developed sense of nationalism" -- is accurate. It is not comprehensive (doesn't address Kurdish separatism), but there was no need for it to be comprehensive. And if you parse my words, you'll see that the word "fairly" is a qualifier. It softens what follows. Anyway, this blog is not about Kurds. Please stay on topic. I don't have time to delve into tangents. If you'd like to make a comment about Pakistan or Central/South Asia, please don't hesitate to do so. Otherwise, you can discuss other countries on blogs that focus on them. Nechirivan, your statement about the Kurds — accurate as it is — doesn’t negate what I wrote about Iraq in general. There is, after all, the remaining 80% of the country — the Sunni and Shia Arabs.

My statement — that Iraq had a “fairly developed sense of nationalism” — is accurate. It is not comprehensive (doesn’t address Kurdish separatism), but there was no need for it to be comprehensive. And if you parse my words, you’ll see that the word “fairly” is a qualifier. It softens what follows.

Anyway, this blog is not about Kurds. Please stay on topic. I don’t have time to delve into tangents.

If you’d like to make a comment about Pakistan or Central/South Asia, please don’t hesitate to do so. Otherwise, you can discuss other countries on blogs that focus on them.

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