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Most of the borders in the Middle East and Asia are drawn without any consideration of the locals

• Jensson 1y ago
  That is true everywhere though, locals only have a say when they rebel and throw out their overlords. It isn't like the Irish were particularly happy about England pushing them around and so on.
  • reliabilityguy 1y ago
    Still. Afghanistan effectively rebelled, and yet they still use the British-drawn borders as the borders of their state.
    • pakthrow 1y ago
      As a matter of power in the global scope, sure. Locally, it's messier. The British had to concede to local autonomy across the border they drew in what is now north-western Pakistan, and that formal arrangement persisted past partition (and informally persists to this day.) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_...