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Submitted by Vijay (United Kingdom), Jan 18, 2010 at 16:58

The reason why Lawrence cannot be a answer is that Lawrence was leading the insurgency of Arabs against the crumbling Ottoman Empire. The task of the US-Western forces is the handling of the insurgency by Al-Queda.

The Arab insurgency of Lawrence time is to be viewed against the changing of political map in the Middleeast. In fact the present day Middle eastern political map was drawn in those years of Lawrence and post WW1 years. Inlike that time, a radical redrawing of the middle eastern map is not on anybody's cards except Bin ;Laden's.

Given these fundamental differences , I don't know how relevant TEL is nowadays.

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Conspiracy theory [152 words]VijayJan 24, 2010 09:02167816
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Excellent biog. of Lawrence, details time in Arabia pre-WWI [49 words]Mike Smith, M.A.Jan 19, 2010 17:05167580
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Extremely heartening [92 words]DavidNJan 18, 2010 19:16167511
Dissimilarities [107 words]VijayJan 18, 2010 16:58167501
how relevant TEL is nowadays [125 words]mythJan 18, 2010 18:59167501
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finally learning from the islamists, a different approach [121 words]mythJan 18, 2010 18:36167467
A parallel system of ethics [269 words]Kurt BaskingJan 18, 2010 23:48167467
Different situation [394 words]LadyJan 18, 2010 23:56167467

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