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It is worth remembering that every single nation on earth was created in the exact same way.
by profsummergig 3y ago
It is worth remembering that every single nation on earth was created in the exact same way.
- stevage 3y agoThat's not true at all. Countries are created lots of different ways: merging other countries, splitting them, weird situations like Israel etc.
- yieldcrv 3y ago“the UN voted our existence in, so its legit!” “the UN voted about this other self governing region with overlapping boundaries as ours! since when is that a country, here’s an old map! no not that map, this one that I like! My argument also requires me to pretend that new national identities haven't come into existence over the last 75 years anywhere else either!”
- readthenotes1 3y agoNah. The British beat the ottomans fair and square* and took the land over. The they were obligated by previous agreement to form Israel. *Sure they had help
- defrost 3y agoStarted off with a four mile light horse charge with rifles slung and bayonets in hand across open ground into the machine gun nests at Beersheba. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917) https://www.awmlondon.gov.au/battles/beersheba https://www.awmlondon.gov.au/battles/beersheba https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/the-charge-of-the-4th-light-horse-brigade-at-beersheba https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/the-charge-of-the-4th-l... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kN6AHX37E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kN6AHX37E
- tptacek 3y agoDeclaring the existence of a country is what you might call a necessary but not sufficient condition for statehood.
- rags2riches 3y agoMany nations are older than the idea of a nation. They were created much more gradually.