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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Okay maybe Israel should have not been doing that since 1948 then

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  • [+] -18 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    You should take ab_intra's advice and read some history. People in the middle east didn't discover violence in 1948.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    There sure is a place that popped up in 1948 that has carte Blanche to do whatever the fuck they want to surrounding areas because they have a trillion dollar war machine mommy that comes calling every time she hears baby cry foul.

    I guess you skipped all that in your perusing of Wikipedia summaries.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I can't take seriously anybody who throws around any single date as the beginning of conflict in the ME.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    I can't speak for the other commenter, but I'm not naive enough to think conflict just appeared out of nowhere. It's come from beefs between historic tribes and stretches back to before people wrote things down.

    It's more like "those cops were just regular people whose families were beating other people up, then someone with a lot more Big Sticks came over and told them they're now part of a special group who are the only ones allowed to beat people up and gave them a shiny gold star plaque? to prove it"

    Only instead of a gold star, it was drawing lines on a map and saying "this is yours, have fun", and pretending to not see anything negative they do after that.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Exactly. Can't we all just get along... and blame the British?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    gave them a shiny gold star to prove it

    Dude

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