Talk:Shiaphilia

Quotations

The quote

• 2007, ROBERT DREYFUSS, The Shia Fellas

  There existed a supercilious Shiaphilia among certain academics, Iraqi political exiles, policy wonks and policymakers linked to the Bush […]

seems to come from prospect.org. But there the word is in quotation marks as it is:

• The American Prospect, The Shia Fellas by Robert Dreyfuss, May 20, 2007:

  "There existed a supercilious 'Shiaphilia' among certain academics, Iraqi political exiles, policy wonks and policymakers linked to the Bush administration," wrote Ahmed Hashim, author of Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq and a professor of strategic studies at the U.S. Naval War College.

The quote

• 2013, World Politics Review, The Paths of the Arab Spring

  For a time before and immediately after the Iraq War of 2003, some elements within the US. national security apparatus flirted with what Ahmed Hashim termed “Shiaphilia” -- the belief that Arab Shiite communities would be more amenable to adopting a pro-American secular worldview.

once could also be found at www.worldpoliticsreview.com, but now one has to pay for it. But one can also find another source for it.

• WPR World Politics Review, The Realist Prism: Selective Partnerships the Norm in New Middle East by Nikolas Gvosdev, 12 Oct. 2012:
• Selective Partnerships the Norm in New Middle East by Nikolas Gvosdev, Friday, Oct 12, 2012. In: WPR World Politics Review, Special Report, June 4, 2013, Special Report: The Paths of the Arab Spring (ISBN: 978-1-939907-11-0):

  For a time before and immediately after the Iraq War of 2003, some elements within the U.S. national security apparatus flirted with what Ahmed Hashim termed “Shiaphilia” -- the belief that Arab Shiite communities would be more amenable to adopting a pro-American, secular worldview.

The quote

• 2007, JR Ballard, Hashim, Ahmed S. Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq: A Review of:“Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. 482 pp

  […] including the coalition's share in responsibility for the insurgency, the dearth of understanding about Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a issues among American policy makers, [aptly described by Hashim as Sunniphobia and Shiaphilia.

seems to come from www.uwosh.edu (PDF).

• Hashim, Ahmed S. Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. 482 pp. Reviewed by Professor John R. Ballard. In: Routledge, Book Reviews, p. 272 (PDF):

  Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a well focused critique of the coalition effort as well, including the coalition’s share in responsibility for the insurgency, the dearth of understanding about Iraqi Sunni and Shi’a issues among American policy makers, [aptly described by Hashim as Sunniphobia and Shiaphilia (pp. 280–288)], a rather inflexible ideological approach (p. 273), over-reliance on kinetic military strengths (using bombs and bullets, instead of bricks and ballots), the difficulty conventional forces have in conducting urban warfare, and perhaps most importantly, the failure to restore some semblance of governance and begin economic development sooner in Iraq after the fall of Saddam (pp. 288–299).

Conclusion:

• All three quotes quotes here were slightly incorrect (Shiaphilia vs. 'Shiaphilia', US. vs. U.S., incorrect point).
• In two quotes the terms Shiaphilia was used in quotations marks which don't seem to be real normal usages.
• In one quote the term was attributed to someone named Hashim, and rather seems to be a mention than a usage.

As for the rfc tag, with the information above this should be solved or an easy task to fix it. But this might a matter for rfv. -Ikiaika (talk) 15:56, 23 April 2016 (UTC)