Pullout complete - Now what?

[Rotwang]

I'm sorry. I dont recall saying that.

 

I made an assertion, which is what one does when one suspects something but either has no evidence, or cannot be fucked looking for it because he has other things to do.

 

If you are interested, I recommend http://www.google.com.

[phreakwars]

The Jews then moved into the vacuum and formed a nation. The first country to recognise the nation of Israel was the US (I wonder why? Jewish influence perhaps?). As the most dominant nation at that time, this effectively placed Israel under US protection, and gave it a semblance of legitimacy.

This statement is the one that confuses me. Or did I misinterpret what you were saying ?

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[Rotwang]

This statement is the one that confuses me. Or did I misinterpret what you were saying ?

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According to the history books, when Israel applied to join the UN (effectively legitimising their claim for nation status) the US was the first country to vote for them. Only then did other nations (western countries) follow suit.

 

It strikes me as odd that the US would take such an interest, and so avidly support, a miniscule and irrelevant embryonic nation in a region that the US traditionally took no interest in.

 

It strikes me as odd that the US would so vigorously sponsor and essentially prop up this fledgling nation, while at the very same time the Soviets were annexing the Baltic States, Taiwan was trying to become independent from China, and there was no accommodation for the equally valid claims for a Palestinian State.

 

But, as you're a lazy bastard, here is the chronolgy of events from US President Truman leading up to the recognition of the State of Israel.