I don't think that's fair, actually. Most of the arguments I made are based in my knowledge of history and international politics. My experiences in Sudan may color that knowledge, or me a more nuanced understanding, but having been there doesn't automatically give me an awareness of, say, how they were treated as a colony. And to be honest, our tendancy to think "hey, this person has personal experience with this thing so clearly they have a sophisticated understanding of the giant over-arching issues at plau" rather annoys me.

But! I is a published author on the subject! (Because that means anything either...)

PS I'm sorry I suck today. See, secretly I just offered to hang out with you so that you'd be fooled into thinking I'm a vaguely nice person and will be willing to have sex with me when you're feeling better. But obviously I don't actually follow through on that shit...