Israëlische president verliest bewustzijn

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Op vrijdag 18 september 2009 21:42 schreef Sachertorte het volgende:

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Er is een heel groot verschil tussen Libanon en Israel: in de natiestaat Israel kun je er vrij zeker van zijn dat er niet binnen enkele jaren een staatsgreep/opstand tegen het bevoegde gezag zal optreden. De overgrote meerderheid van de bevolking onderschrijft het systeem.

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De term MO is een uitvinding van na het Ottomaanse rijk. Dat geeft al aan hoe je die term moet zien. Het is een vluchtig begrip, met een vage inhoud. Die vul ik iets anders in dan de VN, met de redenen zoals ik aangaf. Daar mag je het uiteraard mee oneens zijn, maar mijn opvatting heeft ook bestaansrecht.

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Op vrijdag 18 september 2009 22:02 schreef Sachertorte het volgende:

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Dat kun je eigenlijk pas achteraf beoordelen. Israel kent al tientallen jaren democratie, dus daar ben ik wat zekerder van.

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De wiki zegt iets anders. Maar goed, die discussie is niet zo interessant.

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The term "Middle East" may have originated in the 1850s in the British India Office,[2] and became more widely known when American naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan used the term.[3] During this time the British and Russian Empires were vying for influence in Central Asia, a rivalry which would become known as The Great Game. Mahan realized not only the strategic importance of the region, but also of its center, the Persian Gulf.[4][5] He labeled the area surrounding the Persian Gulf as the Middle East, and said that after the Suez Canal, it was the most important passage for Britain to control in order to keep the Russians from advancing towards British India.[6] Mahan first used the term in his article "The Persian Gulf and International Relations," published in September 1902 in the National Review, a British journal.

The Middle East, if I may adopt a term which I have not seen, will some day need its Malta, as well as its Gibraltar; it does not follow that either will be in the Persian Gulf. Naval force has the quality of mobility which carries with it the privilege of temporary absences; but it needs to find on every scene of operation established bases of refit, of supply, and in case of disaster, of security. The British Navy should have the facility to concentrate in force if occasion arise, about Aden, India, and the Persian Gulf.[7]

Mahan's article was reprinted in The Times and followed in October by a 20 article series entitled "The Middle Eastern Question," written by Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol. During this series Sir Ignatius expanded the definition of the "Middle East" to include "those regions of Asia which extend to the borders of India or command the approaches to India."[8] After the series ended in 1903, The Times removed quotation marks from subsequent uses of the term.[9]

Until World War II, it was customary to refer to areas centered around Turkey and the eastern shore of the Mediterranean as the "Near East," while the "Far East" centered on China,[10] and the Middle East then meant the area from Mesopotamia to Burma, namely the area between the Near East and the Far East.[citation needed] In the late 1930s, the British established the Middle East Command, which was based in Cairo, for its military forces in the region. After that time, the term "Middle East" gained broader usage in Europe and the United States, with the Middle East Institute founded in Washington, D.C. in 1946, among other usage.[11]