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Good thing you're not God Paldi as you just denied statehood to all these places with less square property than Lebanon has;


Lebanon 10,452
Cyprus 9,251
Puerto Rico 8,870
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,447
Palestinian territories 6,020
Brunei 5,765
Trinidad and Tobago 5,130
French Polynesia 4,000
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903
Samoa 2,842
Luxembourg 2,586
Comoros 2,235
Mauritius 1,969
Faroe Islands 1,393
Hong Kong 1,104
São Tomé and Príncipe 964
Turks and Caicos Islands 948
Bahrain 758
Dominica 751
Tonga 747
Kiribati 726
Singapore 710
Federated States of Micronesia 702
Isle of Man 572
British Crown dependency 191
Guam 549
Saint Lucia 539
Andorra 468
Palau 459
Seychelles 452
Curaçao 444
Antigua and Barbuda 441
Barbados 430
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389
United States Virgin Islands 347
Grenada 344
Malta 316
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 308 Maldives 300
Cayman Islands 264
Saint Kitts and Nevis 261
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242
Cook Islands 236
American Samoa 199
Marshall Islands 181
Aruba 180
Liechtenstein 160
British Virgin Islands 151
Wallis and Futuna 142
Jersey 116
Montserrat 102
Anguilla 91
Guernsey 78
San Marino 61
Saint Martin 56
Bermuda 54
Pitcairn Islands 47
Norfolk Island 36
Sint Maarten 34
Macau 30 12
Tuvalu 26 10
Saint Barthélemy 24
Nauru 21
Tokelau 12
Gibraltar 6
Monaco 2
Vatican City 1

Hey don't forget Scotland we only have 31,510 sq miles.

Wales has only 8,015 so this shows Fred is talking mmmmmmm do we speak truthfully,ah we will why not TOTAL RUBBISH....

But that is as always JMO and possibly a few others...

Back to the thread....Please folks

Some talk kreplach

Although there was some call for retaking the Golan...

I believe the street protests are moving towards reform vrs monarchy. Give it another week. They are a little slow.

What's with this Sunni Shia BS? Is there any chance of reconciliation?

Scotland Is Not an Independent Country

Why Scotland Does Not Meet the Definition of an Independent State
By Matt Rosenberg


There are eight accepted criteria used to determine whether an entity is an independent country (also known as a State with a capital "s") or not.

A country need only fail on one of the eight criteria to not meet the definition of independent country status. Scotland does not meet all eight criteria; it fails on six of the eight criteria...


Has space or territory that has internationally recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK).

Yes, Scotland does have internationally recognized boundaries. Scotland is 78,133 square kilometers in area.


Has people who live there on an ongoing basis.

Yes, according to the 2001 census, Scotland's population is 5,062,011.


Has economic activity and an organized economy.

A country regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money.
Somewhat. Scotland certainly has economic activity and an organized economy; Scotland even has its own GDP (over 62 billion pounds as of 1998). However, Scotland does not regulate foreign or domestic trade, the Scottish Parliament is not authorized to do so.

Under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scottish Parliament is able to pass laws on a range of issues known as "devolved issues." The United Kingdom Parliament is able to act on "reserved issues." Reserved issues include a variety of economic issues: fiscal, economic and monetary system; energy; common markets; and trade and industry.

The Bank of Scotland does issue money but it prints the British pound on behalf of the central government.


Has the power of social engineering, such as education.

Somewhat. The Scottish Parliament is able to control education, training, and social work (but not social security). However, this power was granted to Scotland by the UK Parliament.


Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.

Somewhat. Scotland itself has a transportation system but the system is not fully under Scottish control. The Scottish Parliament controls some aspects of transportation, including the Scottish road network, bus policy and ports and harbors while the UK Parliament controls railways, transport safety and regulation. Again, Scotland's power was granted by the UK Parliament.


Has a government that provides public services and police power.

Somewhat. The Scottish Parliament has the ability to control law and home affairs (including most aspects of criminal and civil law, the prosecution system and the courts) as well as the police and fire services. The UK Parliament controls defense and national security across the United Kingdom. Again, Scotland's power was granted to Scotland by the UK Parliament.


Has sovereignty. No other State should have power over the country's territory.

No. The United Kingdom Parliament definitely has power over Scotland's territory.


Has external recognition. A country has been "voted into the club" by other countries.

No. Scotland does not have external recognition nor does Scotland have its own embassies in other independent countries.


Thus, as you can plainly see, Scotland (nor Wales, nor Northern Ireland, nor England itself) is not an independent country nor is it a State. However, Scotland is most certainly a nation of people living in an internal division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Jews and Arabs have lived together before.

What's your solution?

So far no one has posted one except Dean.

Gazavwasv av set up for failure. The crossings and ports were closed. Why have greenhouses if you can't export?

Hamas won the elections fair, a landslide supervised and verified. Fatah didn't want to play but the liked hanging out on roof tops. oops

So they could present a united front against Israel?