Posted on 12/10/2017 1:41:33 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
“facts on the ground havent changed that and arent going to.”
Mexico could easily say that their border includes New Mexico, Texas and California. Germany could make claims on what is today part of France. Every country you can name has, at one time, had a different border. Historic claims like tis are called irredentism. The Arabs attacked and lost. Part of the risk of attacking is that you lose. We can’t take that away from the aspect of war, since at one time or another we too have benefited from winning.
“Irredentism is any political or popular movement intended to reclaim and reoccupy a lost homeland. As such irredentism tries to justify its territorial claims on the basis of (real or imagined) historic or ethnic affiliations. It is often advocated by nationalist and pan-nationalist movements and has been a feature of identity politics, cultural, and political geography.”
The election is in 2024 ...
nope - because all those other examples you cite; the 2 govts agreed to the border.
181 remains the sole recognized boundaries between Israel & Palistine. And most of the world agrees.
“181 remains the sole recognized boundaries between Israel & Palistine. And most of the world agrees.”
Most of the world is not living next door to people who are trying daily to kill them. If they Israelis give the Palestinians everything they want the Palestinians will want just one more thing; that all Israelis die. They will use their new territory to launch attacks to make that happen. Israel needs defensible borders and, it really doesn’t matter what the rest of the world thinks. The rest of the world doesn’t have to live (or die) by what happens. Israel does and will.
Oh, and do you think that Mexico was happy to agree to the new border? I doubt it.
I guess that ‘unfortunate’ is diplo-speak for ‘childish’
blather - you last post might be titled :
the lebensraum argument
there are no elections until then?
In the good old days, we used to destroy our enemies.
I know, but Pence would take office in 2025.
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