We blocked the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Romans, the British, the ancient Egyptians back when we were their slaves (ten plagues impoverished Egypt for centuries). This promised land of ours is a land bridge between three continents, and it’s part of our job to block the imperial aspirations of great powers. To blockage. Cheers.
Forgot to mention what a royal pain in the ass the Warsaw uprising was to the Nazis. Ever blocking.
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