Since both countries "owned" a good part of the world real estate at some point in their history, it seems pretty easy to cherry-pick and find something to supp

Since both countries "owned" a good part of the world real estate at some point in their history, it seems pretty easy to cherry-pick and find something to support whatever point you're trying to make. The only real insight I've found is that colonialism is a bad idea and you shouldn't do it anymore.