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To: philv who wrote (21122)6/9/2004 7:18:00 PM
From: sea_urchin  Respond to of 81577
 
Phil > Can you conceive of Turkey giving up a square centimeter to the Kurds? Or France giving up the Pyrenees to the Basques?

Or Israel giving up one micron of "Holy Land" to the Palestinians?!



To: philv who wrote (21122)6/10/2004 3:15:13 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 81577
 
Re: Or France giving up the Pyrenees to the Basques?

Actually, France gave up the whole of Algeria in 1962 --so much for those who conceived of France from Dunkerque to Tamanrasset... Over one million Pieds Noirs had to pack up and resettle in France.