GERTRUDE MARGARET LOWTHIAN BELL

After the King’s appointment in 1921 she “advised” him on establishing this regime and operating the government. At a time that women could not even vote in England, Bell was a kingmaker and major power in an area of the world that was much more sexist than England at the time.

She asked the same question that American officials in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Vietnam, and Korea have asked a for the next 100 years and longer. The officials of a true democracy can never be sure that the promises and commitments that they make in the name of their government will be honored in the future. The body politic can and often does have a substantial change of heart or mind.

Expressing distress that the British were involved in one war after another in the Middle East that she thought never would have occurred if Britain had a foreign policy instead of "Muddling Through". Bell was responsible for setting most of the borders and geographical distributions of peoples in the Middle East, She did the best she could without any strong policy to guide her. A Century later, the Middle Eastern nations were still fighting over those borders, but they remained essentially intact.

Expressing distress that the British were involved in one war after another in the Middle East that she thought never would have occurred if Britain had a foreign policy instead of "Muddling Through". Bell was responsible for setting most of the borders and geographical distributions of peoples in the Middle East, She did the best she could without any strong policy to guide her. A Century later, the Middle Eastern nations were still fighting over those borders, but they remained essentially intact.

She asked the same question that American officials in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Vietnam, and Korea have asked a for the next 100 years and longer. The officials of a true democracy can never be sure that the promises and commitments that they make in the name of their government will be honored in the future. The body politic can and often does have a substantial change of heart or mind.

After the King’s appointment in 1921 she “advised” him on establishing this regime and operating the government. At a time that women could not even vote in England, Bell was a kingmaker and major power in an area of the world that was much more sexist than England at the time.