From: "Rich Gauszka" 



"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:44368e59$1{at}w3....
> Monte Davis wrote:
>> Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge">
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Shrug. Israel is a creation of the West.
>>
>> Umm... so are many if not most of the countries in the ME, Africa and
>> South Asia, at least in terms of their borders...
>
> Umm...I'm talking about the entire state per se. i.e. it's raison d'etre
> etc.etc. The Republic of SA & a number of other colonial states were
> (e.g. Rhodesia, Nyasaland etc). Rhodesia no longer exists. Noone was
> asked to "recognise the existence of Rhodesia" & the UK
did not try &
> swamp out the place with British people etc. The South Africans did via
> their bantustans etc.
>
> Israel is the last colonial state the west created & still supports. All
> the rest we left & let the people living there sort out. Rhodesia became
> Zimbabwe, apartheid ended etc.etc.
>
>

Israel 1948 and Kasmir 1947 ( aka Lord Mountbatten's folly )

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