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To: Openurmind

That would be a valid response, if Mexico truly did inhabit those U.S. territories for hundreds or thousands of years.

Do you know how long Mexico had possession of them? Mexico wasn’t even an official nation until around 1820. Spain gave their claimed territories to Mexico officially around that time.

In 1850, the United States became their official owner.

So Mexico, had that territory for 30 years. Not only that, it didn’t lift a finger to conquer any of it successfully throughout history.

Mexico tried to claim it in perpetuity, and the U.S. objected. We won it in battle. We even paid for it, in two different agreements.

The Kurds have lived in that region for hundreds or thousands of years.

Not comparable...


25 posted on 10/10/2019 4:54:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: DoughtyOne

A lot of the territory the SDF currently controls was acquired during the recent Syrian wars as a result oif taking on ISIS.
Turkey (or, better, Syria) is quite reasonable to take it back and settle Syrian refugees there.

It looks like Turkey is respecting traditional Kurd areas, though that may change.
OTOH there’s Erd’s occupation of Afrin in the far west- a traditional Kurd area.


34 posted on 10/10/2019 5:05:35 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: DoughtyOne

We should leave and give it back to the Indians then. Comparable?


39 posted on 10/10/2019 5:17:05 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: DoughtyOne; Openurmind

About 80% of the way down my FR profile page here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/~freedomposter/

There’s a short article titled

“The True History of the Southwest, 101”

that I scarfed from Travis McGee (Matt Bracken) some time ago. You should read it.


44 posted on 10/10/2019 5:24:53 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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