I agree with that statement.I think the British were "rounding up the Arabs to their cause" mainly because they wanted the Suez canal approaches secure.
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I agree with that statement.I think the British were "rounding up the Arabs to their cause" mainly because they wanted the Suez canal approaches secure.
It was Russia that Turkey feared, not Britain and France.The British (imho, mostly) and the French desire to control the Middle East was probably one factor in getting the Ottoman Empire onto the German side (Russia was the other factor, of course). The British and French governments thought that the Ottoman Empire's territories would be easy pickings (to be fair, the Ottoman Empire was moribund), and, at the time, Everybody Knew™ that only Europeans (and not all of them) could govern themselves.
It was Russia that Turkey feared, not Britain and France.
The British (imho, mostly) and the French desire to control the Middle East was probably one factor in getting the Ottoman Empire onto the German side (Russia was the other factor, of course). The British and French governments thought that the Ottoman Empire's territories would be easy pickings (to be fair, the Ottoman Empire was moribund), and, at the time, Everybody Knew™ that only Europeans (and not all of them) could govern themselves.
Oh come on, you know that British Imperial intentions were always for the betterment of the colonials. Not for exploitation...
I don't think it was necessary to put it that way. Besides that, your Wiki citation (omitted) didn't answer a thing.There is a seed of truth in VBFs claim but like all these sorts of theories, you take a little bit of truth and mix it with a whole lot of baloney to generate one big enormous myth.
Today is remembrance day....
Actually Monty was a Monash fan, describing him as the greatest general of WW1.
Today is remembrance day....
Well...
The belief in the benevolent British Empire lasted until its end. In general, Britons thought of their empire as a positive force which contributes not only to the economic and cultural development of their own country but also to that of uncivilised nations.
Even the British Empire on occasion made mistakes!!!!!!!! (I know, hard to believe.)
Even the British Empire on occasion made mistakes!!!!!!!! (I know, hard to believe.)
Old Egyptian saying "It is better to be an enemy of the British than a friend, sooner or later they will sell their friends to buy their enemies". .
Trying to understand the british psyche is dangerous. They can be a stubborn, irrational lot, sometimes not self serving either....like the Polish gurantees, or the refusal to surrender even when the odds are stacked and it seems hopeless.
Nothing worse than the British in control, yet no master better than the british.
Ah... Perfidious Albion. We are not the nicest of people collectively however, as individuals the British character strengths are self-restraint, hard work, resilience, optimism, courage, generosity, modesty, empathy, kindness and good manners. Old-fashioned values and easy to sneer at I suppose.
The art of queueing escapes most other cultures but, its what we do....
Michael is quite right, we are a paradox.
I would have never made it in the Customer Service realm with my ancestry:Heh - most of my "ancestral blood" is German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish. Guess that means (with apologies) I'm a goose-stepping frothing-at-the-mouth blue-painted barbarian who can't decide whether to conquer and occupy or just pillage and move on. No wonder I'm usually confused.