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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (942730)6/25/2016 3:19:54 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1574491
 
The British Empire, which was the relevant body, did consider it an illegal action. They fought a war because of it, as I recall.

They didn't win.

The South did secede from the US.

The US considered it an illegal action. They fought a war because of it.

The South didn't win.

In the EU. there is a procedure for a member state to withdraw. It isn't all that well defined, but it exists. So no, they can't bring Britain back legally.

Do you see how this works?
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