Recent content by ChicagoBlue

I don’t find the UN to be nearly the effective instrument it was envisaged to be when created. It has become a liberal political tool of coercion that often seeks to place nation states in vulnerable political positions. That said, I think that every ceasefire to allow the sides (and their...

No, I wasn’t, but your history lesson was excellent. I’m saying that the Allies carved it up after WWII because they won the war and thus had the ability, whether justified or not. I’m not taking a “Who is right?” stance on the issue, nor have I. Instead, I have pointed out exactly what you...

And, which one are you suggesting you are in this nonsense? I stated a simple, self-evident, historical fact, which has been true for millennia, especially in this area of the world, but supposedly I’m advocating for something I’ve never advocated. If that colors me as unintelligent (or not...

No, it’s boring because I’ve explained myself ad nauseum, but you’re being pedantic and the little Palestinian “mafia” on here constantly has their hair on fire over everything anyone says. It’s not news that whoever runs a war usually has a say in where the borders are drawn. After all, most...

I didn’t do that, but you’re not the first person to misread and misunderstand others. It’s not just your fault. Indeed, there is nothing hypothetical, but everything historical. European bigotry towards Jews meant the winners of the war had to find a place for those against whom crimes...

Who said ANY of this was “fine” or that the concept of the winners of a war keeping their “spoils” was great and righteous? Way too many of you are so up your own arses with hypotheticals you think prove you’re in the right, you project feelings and sensibilities on words that are such an...

The debate YOU are having might be what should be, but that wasn’t the “debate” WE were having before you decided to intervene. And, for the record here in Snowflake Central, I wasn’t even condoning past borders being drawn as part of a surrender or domination pact. I was merely illustrating...

More conspiratorial than sceptical, I’d say. :-)

I thought Cole Palmer already had his own thread?! Too soon?

Same seat as Steph Houghton’s, knowing he probably won’t be using it!!

It’s not being “sensitive” to be compared to murderous dictators and being told who I am by some anonymous twat on an Internet forum, no matter how much you LOL after accomplishing the feat. Borders, especially the ones you appear to dislike, are drawn by war. I’d have thought a BayernMan would...

See what you did there? You whined. I merely pointed out the reality of the situation. You then gave me some flowery prose and didn’t quote a quote, but gave me the author of the quote, as if it’s a test whether I know the quote from the author’s name. Then, in closing, you liken my statement...

My mistake! I thought you were looking for answers? Not novelty or cleverness, but reality. The State of Israel as we know it today was a result of WWII and perceived “owners” of the land at that time. Subsequent wars in the region have moved some of those boundaries. If you talk to a few...

Because the winners write the new rules and the losers have to live with them…until another war changes that. So far, it hasn’t.

Vicky, of course!