It's '8%' of the not-yet-admitted-to-be-conquered and the not-yet-ethnically-cleansed, though, it's of the bit that remains, not of all Palestine .... and of course there is nothing final and binding about it, no limit
And if/when it happens in that form, it merely doubles the number of Excludostaats in Palestine ... which is maybe fine with those who like that sort of thing, some of us do not
Surprising to see Nadine bring up 1956, you'd think she'd keep the lip zipped on that, her zionists don't come off too well there, it was for them a clear case of invasion for conquest, using an alliance of convenience with the brits and french ... India had a lot to do with that overall situation, the brits couldn't afford to administer it anymore after paying for two wars against the german flavour of imperialism, so the canal was less necessary in 48 ... then in the 50s oil tanker traffic from the Gulf was picking up, and the canal was seen as more useful ... to answer N's question about Ike's decision - It was the correct one, the one he was helped out with, or was supplied by, his friend and neighbour Mike - en.wikipedia.org
[edit] - in answer to your post immediately above this one - It can hardly fail to be about european colonialism, when that continent has supplied the vast majority of colonisers in recent centuries .... if you could contrive to have those of another planet make such an attempt here on Terra Fulla Uppa, you could very well succeed in uniting the species, as we joyfully got the old bullshit replaced with new bullshit |
