Well, the first quotation seems to be supporting my point, not yours - Pakistan was not considered as a part of Meddle East by Alfred Thayer Mahan.
The second quotation, still in need of citation, is imminently followed by reference to the Brits setting up their Middle East Command in what everybody else calls Near East. How very inconsistent of them.
"It's a modern term and its definitions are fluid. The original use was not wrong." The term is fairly modern, but not so modern as to include Pakistan, contrary to the seemingly accepted practice. The original use by rimpala, which I protested, had no connotation of being traditional, that is pre-WWII). The whole historical angle is thus moot..
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Re: LOL
Date: 2011-05-15 12:33 am (UTC)The second quotation, still in need of citation, is imminently followed by reference to the Brits setting up their Middle East Command in what everybody else calls Near East. How very inconsistent of them.
"It's a modern term and its definitions are fluid. The original use was not wrong."
The term is fairly modern, but not so modern as to include Pakistan, contrary to the seemingly accepted practice. The original use by rimpala, which I protested, had no connotation of being traditional, that is pre-WWII). The whole historical angle is thus moot..
So there.