User blog comment:Daxus Inferno/Real Countries?/@comment-32656-20130403222236

Dax's behavior has led to another block. We'll see if two weeks will help. Given the bull he's posted to my page on community central, I doubt it.

Viva, I don't think you could be more wrong about South Korea. South Korea holds an advantage in almost every single way over the North. The only thing the north has on the south is the number of soldiers - which is not a much as you would think - and even then, the population of the South is far higher, so it is a moot point. To invade, they have to cross what is the most heavily defended border on earth, through defense lines and minefields. Won't work. And as to the US and others not defending them, if the North tries anything American troops will die within the first few seconds, by virtue of being there. The US will then demand payback, and get it. Other states and the UN are, in fact, somewhat obliged to help them, as well.

Western Sahara was not granted independence by Spain. The territory was split into two sections. A third went to Mauritania, and the remainder to Morocco. All of this was done without local approval, of course. The locals - the current rebels - expelled Mauritania easy enough, but Mauritania gave their share to Morocco, who is still there. They are not recognized as a nation, and the only international role they hold is a membership in the African Union, which will probably get taken away from them in the next couple years. It was not "stolen" by Morocco in any way, shape, or form. Should they have it? No. But did they "steal" it? No. And, fyi, the rebels only control parts of the desert, and are nowhere close to "winning." Nor were they "taken over for their mineral wealth." It is not sovereign, nor has it ever been.

Kosovo hasn't fought Serbia in years. Nor is it "occupied" by the UN, or like the situation between Georgia and Russia. It's independence is also recognized by a majority of NATO, Europe, and the UN. It is an independent state in every sense of the word. And "similar cultures" are not the same, quite obviously, especially when there is a major religious difference and Serbia wanted to get rid of them from the territory.

The Kurds in Syria have not declared independence of any kind. The Kurdish militias are merely in control of their area of the country, keeping out both the government and the rebels with some tacit government approval. The Kurds in Iraq are just short of independent, as well, but will not go beyond that point for fear of the Turks.

Assad does not have popular support outside of his minority group and the military. Nor is he "vital" to the survival of the Alawites as a people, despite what some of them may believe.

Israel, in fact, has killed far less innocents than Hamas and other such groups. Not thousands at all, and not intentionally, either, unlike the terrorists, who have done it indiscriminately. "Poorly armed" is still armed - it is self-defense. The Jews also did not kill Christ - the Romans did. And they were expelled by the Romans for rebelling, not for Christ.

You can, in fact, bomb a family and call it self-defense. Hamas and other have no qualms about firing missiles from inhabited apartments, and despite popular belief, it is in fact possible to miss when targeting something. Accidents happen in life. Israel hasn't stolen land, either. And you have the wrong side of the equation being blamed for the peace process failing, overall, as well.

There is no actual proof that those assassinations in Iran are done by Israel - only speculation. For that matter, Iranian rebels have taken credit for several of them - despite what people may hear, there are still monarchist and socialist rebels there, with funding. And even if they were done by the Mossad, Iran has been funding terrorism against Israel for years, and had upped that greatly in the last few, though the only one that can be proven without a doubt is funding Hezbollah.

The lack of a Palestinian state today is the blame of the Arabs (read - the Arab League) and the Palestinians. The Jewish population of Palestine was more than ready to accept a division of the territory - the others refused, leading to the Arabs invading and Israel being declared. The Palestinians themselves left, led by foolish promises from the Arab states - the Jews cannot be blamed for that - and these same states have also denied them basic human rights ever since. "Tens of thousands" of Palestinians were not killed. The land the UN wanted to grant to the Israelis, btw, was mostly Jewish in population, and formed the vast majority of the original state of Israel - as will it form the majority of that state once the Palestinian problem is finally resolved. It being larger is because the inhabitants left for false promises, lost that ensuing war, and as had been expected - hence the Jews getting more land than they otherwise should have at first - hundreds of thousands more arrived. Viva, even by what you yourself have said your argument is invalid about that - you even admit that, though I expect that you'd deny that.

Israel has never confirmed or denied their nuclear arsenal. Every time that it is asked, the question is blown off - though several times they have close to admitting their presence. Pretty much everyone on earth knows they exist anyways, so the point is moot. Yes, Israel does likely kill some "innocent" Muslim each year - that is, in fact, more debatable than you'd think - but in the vast majority of years they are outnumbered by the number of Jews killed by terrorists. No, Israel is supported by the USA for far more reasons than just their Cold War support and 9/11 - a very large segment of the population supports them purely because Israel is Jewish - it's why it as recognized, in part, in the first place.

Yes, the crusaders did "win" the First Crusade - but that, like their success in the Third Crusade, this was because the local Muslim rulers were fighting each other. The other Crusades, barring that one that sacked Constantinople and took it over, did nothing because they faced a more or less united opposition.

The use of white phosphorus in warfare, while not pleasant, is in fact very legal to use. Those in charge of ensuring the Geneva conventions are followed have publicly stated that its use, while "wrong" is not illegal under said conventions at all. Nor do the Israelis use "human shields." Only their opponents do. Pita is correct about the guns, more or less - there is probably a similar percentage of people there armed as in the USA. And Israel has no more "human rights" abuses than any other state, nor do they commit "murder en masse."

Imp, those statements are not your right/authority to make.

That being said, they are within mine. This is now over. Any further posts and I will delete this.