User talk:PashaGol

Welcome!

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Unfamiliar?

I have more than a passing familiarity with the subject,PashaGol. I have two undergraduate degrees in both History and Political Science from Oxford and having done post-grad work and worked in the region for over a year. I am not saying that my opinion is better than yours, but i think discounting mine is both premature and unfair. I understand that Nasser inspired pan-Arabism, but the conflict over the nomenclature did not originate with him. Nasser did a lot of bad things, but inventing a whole dispute all by his lonesome is not one of them. He used the feelings and sentiments that were already there. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 00:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You will recall that I wrote above that not only did I have an education that would allow me to be able to interpret the relevant information in the dispute, but that I also worked and did post-graduate work in the region, meaning that my knowledge of the naming dispute extends beyond what I learned in school. I did not say that I am "fully" knowledgeable; I said that I am familiar with the dispute and - if I may toot my own horn a bit - a bit more than the average person. And that education and experience are telling me that the characterization of term 'fringe' implies a connotation of both inconsequentiality and negativity. As well, a significant amount of historical documentation counter the idea that it was all invented by Nasser. that would be akin to blaming all the woes of the Palestinian people solely on the Mandate of Palestine. It's simply simplistic and wholly inaccurate. And yes, there are sources that state Nasser as the Big Bad; the are just as many (and more reliable, to my reckoning) sources that say he was but one of the factors in the growth of pan-Arabism.

However, this debate is academic. I respect your point of view, though i disagree with it. I would ask that you confer upon me the same respect that you would want for yourself, and not post commentary which suggests I don't know what I am talking about. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 01:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of Persian Gulf

The mediation hasn't finished; it's still continuing. (I don't think we've yet reached a conclusion everyone can accept yet.) I think the protection lapsed without anyone realising. CloudNine (talk) 11:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]