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Originally posted by Radar
Americans fought for their own independence and didn't have to attack another country to get it.
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I read your post alright. We fought Great Britain. I’m sure it considered itself attacked.
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Originally posted by Radar
Great Britan offered to give a significant part of the land to them (not ALL of it) and followed through on it. Britan gave them the land that created the countries of Jordan, Yemen, and one more I can't remember off the top of my head. Try again.
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In 1915, acting on behalf of the British Government, Sir Henry McMahon promised Sherif Husayn (Hussein) of Mecca, Arab control over the whole of areas to be liberated from Turkey, except an area to the West of Syria and some other minor concessions. A map drawn at the time shows that Palestine was part of the area to be under under Arab control. (see attached)
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Originally posted by Radar
Yep. And since the Arab Palestinian people were camping out on someone else's land while they were away, they were not the rightful owners at any point. Game, Set, and Match. Thanks for playing.
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An Anglo-American commission of inquiry in 1945 and 1946 examined the status of Palestine. According to the report, at the end of 1946, 1,269,000 Arabs and 608,000 Jews resided within the borders of Mandate Palestine. Jews had purchased 6 to 8 percent of the total land area of Palestine. This was about 20% of the land that could be settled and cultivated. About 46% of the land belonged to Arab owners living on the land or absentee owners, and about the same amount was government land. The partition borders were drawn to give the Jews a majority within the allotted area of the Jewish state, but the land conquered during the fighting included the populous Arab areas of the Galilee, as well as Arab towns such as Lod and Ramla. Greater Jersusalem, which was to be internationalized, included about 100,000 Jews and a larger number of Arabs.
Radar, you can't even give me an interesting game, much less win one.