Albertaghost: 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
Well the idea is to promote the creation of hundreds of small weak countries that can barely support themsewlves, let alone an army. Then the few big and/or powerful countries can do what they want. Makes perfect sense. I disagree.
Paldi5: My friends don't post here any more thanks to you and your friends.
The Middle East is built on history and attempts at reconciliation are as important now as they were in 2004. Israel still insists Pals adhere to Oslo (but by and large Israel doesn't.) You can't say history isn't important... unless you want to burn the Torah and the Bible and that other book. You a book burner?Gaza was a set up for failure. The crossings and ports were usually closed. Why have greenhouses if you can't export? The settlements were bulldozed but the Pals can't live there... the fishermen can only fish a few miles out... bla bla bla
Hamas won the elections fair, a landslide, supervised and verified. Fatah didn't want to play but they liked hanging out on roof tops. oops
Syria thread remeber?
Yep,they bought the Election Fair and Square with Iranian Money an lots of Intimidation!
And they are still Bloody Thugs,and your still Hijacking the Tread like you Know Who!
Paldi5: My friends don't post here any more thanks to you and your friends.
The Middle East is built on history and attempts at reconciliation are as important now as they were in 2004. Israel still insists Pals adhere to Oslo (but by and large Israel doesn't.) You can't say history isn't important... unless you want to burn the Torah and the Bible and that other book. You a book burner?Gaza was a set up for failure. The crossings and ports were usually closed. Why have greenhouses if you can't export? The settlements were bulldozed but the Pals can't live there... the fishermen can only fish a few miles out... bla bla bla
Hamas won the elections fair, a landslide, supervised and verified. Fatah didn't want to play but they liked hanging out on roof tops. oops
Conrad73: Interesting how they always end up Israel/Palestinian Threads! If you posted one one Cooking,it would end up like that! Now why is that?(Loaded Question)
Colleene1024West Warwick, Rhode Island USA1,225 posts
Paldi5: My friends don't post here any more thanks to you and your friends.
The Middle East is built on history and attempts at reconciliation are as important now as they were in 2004. Israel still insists Pals adhere to Oslo (but by and large Israel doesn't.) You can't say history isn't important... unless you want to burn the Torah and the Bible and that other book. You a book burner?Gaza was a set up for failure. The crossings and ports were usually closed. Why have greenhouses if you can't export? The settlements were bulldozed but the Pals can't live there... the fishermen can only fish a few miles out... bla bla bla
Hamas won the elections fair, a landslide, supervised and verified. Fatah didn't want to play but they liked hanging out on roof tops. oops
Syria thread remeber?
Have you spoken to SB? I know he isn't still in jail.
Colleene1024: Have you spoken to SB? I know he isn't still in jail.
No, he's been banned from the site or he resigned his membership. I don't have a way to contact him and have no reason to. Although I supported his right to speak out, he was a little crazy, don't you think?
Why Scotland Does Not Meet the Definition of an Independent State By Matt RosenbergThere 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).
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.
Scotland Fred has 3 banks that issue Money
Scotland has it's own parliament
Scotland has its own Law system separate from the rest of the UK.
Scotland is an integral part of the UK but it is and always will e a separate nation under the Union of Crowns and Parliamets.
We are dependant like the rest of the UK on Britain but are a totally separate country.
Ask any Scot....I would inite Mr Rosenerg to come to Glasgow and say we are not L M A O ...
Fred you have pulled a lot of strokes to get us of the point of the thread.
I wonder why.
The Lebanese will not merge with Syria they had that for over 30 years and fought to get rid.
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You can also drive through it in 45 minutes!