[Ray S]

ushere wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:39:51 -0500, wrote:

I'm British. I'm far from convinced Palestine was mine to give
away.
Several countries in the Middle East had their borders created by
colonizing powers. Israel and (Trans)Jordan are not the only ones.


Iraq for one. We preferred to buy oil from one administration than
to negotiate with multiple sheikdoms. So we forced a number of
tribes into a single country. Are you suggesting this interference
turned out to be a good idea?

several countries in the western world have tried / succeeded in killing
off their native populations. when they got bored, they simply went
elsewhere...

Whats your point. No monopoly on this kind of behavior in the west. The
available of cultivatable crops and domesticatable animals gave this
area a leg up over their rivals from other parts of the world.