tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post3321040674282971485..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: August 30, 1915: Sir Henry McMahon's First Response to Sharif HusseinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-6877527866567144152015-08-28T17:26:32.454-04:002015-08-28T17:26:32.454-04:00A double irony. Perfidious Albion is encouraging e...A double irony. Perfidious Albion is encouraging eventual resumption of the Caliphate under an Arab Caliph, presumably Sharif Hussein, while in the short term, the Sharif of Mecca's loyalty is to be purchased with revenues wrung from Egyptian labor and Suez Canal tolls. Reminds me of the way the U.S. paid for the liberation of Kuwait in 1991.David Macknoreply@blogger.com