Comments on: Up the Long Ladder http://poliblogger.com/?p=613 A rough draft of my thoughts... Mon, 08 May 2025 18:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Anonymous http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1862 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1862 ]]> by: Janis Gore http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1861 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1861 No, you didn't sound defensive at all. I just looked left and realized I'd asked a stupid question. The best defense is a good offense, you know? No, you didn’t sound defensive at all. I just looked left and realized I’d asked a stupid question. The best defense is a good offense, you know?

]]> by: PoliBlogger http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1860 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1860 No insult taken at all--hopefully my response didn't sound defensive. I was just trying to give a fair assessment. No insult taken at all–hopefully my response didn’t sound defensive. I was just trying to give a fair assessment.

]]> by: Janis Gore http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1859 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1859 I didn't mean to insult you. I see and have read your editorials listed at the left, but, by necessity I am sure, they are very broad. I'll be reading you. I didn’t mean to insult you. I see and have read your editorials listed at the left, but, by necessity I am sure, they are very broad. I’ll be reading you.

]]> by: PoliBlogger http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1858 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1858 I would argue, yes, although some might disagree :) Seriously, I am not an IR expert, per se, but am an expert on comparative politics, developing politics and the process of democratization (and by "expert" I mean formally trained). Overall, I would say that as a broadly trained political scientist who specializes, in the general sense, in international studies and politics, that I am qualified to make informed commentary on the Iraqi case. Now, I will concede that I am more expertly qualified to comment on Latin America. I am more qualified to comment on Iraq than a lot of people on TV who get paid to comment on Iraq--I will say that :) I would argue, yes, although some might disagree :)

Seriously, I am not an IR expert, per se, but am an expert on comparative politics, developing politics and the process of democratization (and by “expert” I mean formally trained).

Overall, I would say that as a broadly trained political scientist who specializes, in the general sense, in international studies and politics, that I am qualified to make informed commentary on the Iraqi case.

Now, I will concede that I am more expertly qualified to comment on Latin America.

I am more qualified to comment on Iraq than a lot of people on TV who get paid to comment on Iraq–I will say that :)

]]> by: Janis Gore http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1857 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1857 I haven't read everything you've written, so you might have answered this before. Do your studies enable you to comment smartly on the situation in Iraq? I haven’t read everything you’ve written, so you might have answered this before. Do your studies enable you to comment smartly on the situation in Iraq?

]]> by: PoliBlogger http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1856 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1856 Thanks for reading--it always nice to know that one's work is considered interesting. And yes, I am primarily a Latin Americanist, with case-specific expertise in Colombia, and topical expertise in parties, elections and democratization. Thanks for reading–it always nice to know that one’s work is considered interesting.

And yes, I am primarily a Latin Americanist, with case-specific expertise in Colombia, and topical expertise in parties, elections and democratization.

]]> by: Janis Gore http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1855 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1855 I have been reading your work. You are interesting. Do you consider yourself a specialist in Latin-American affairs? I have been reading your work. You are interesting. Do you consider yourself a specialist in Latin-American affairs?

]]> by: PoliBlogger http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1854 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1854 So it would seem! :) So it would seem! :)

]]> by: Janis Gore http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1853 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=613#comment-1853 Already benefiting from your status in The Axis of Weevil? Already benefiting from your status in The Axis of Weevil?

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