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Land to build military bases on.
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We have bases in Kenya?
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Maybe the Palestinians would calm down if they were given their own country?
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Doubtful, unless you mean their own country far away. They did achieve significant movements toward independence and nothing has improved.
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The US sure was quick to carve up Yugoslavia and give the Albanians their own land in the heart of a country they did not belong in in the first place.
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We where also quick to defend Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraqs sovereignty.
It's all about the end goal. Europe feared a unified Yugoslavia post Cold War. Yugoslavia always sat in an interesting position between the US and the Soviets. With the Soviets gone, the US no longer needed Yugoslavia and was focused on the Middle East. Europe did not want another aggressive, financial broke and antagonistic military power in their midst.
Israel is a key, stable US/Western Ally in a rather unstable shit hole. Why would we not support them? Every Arab "democracy" we have supported in the last 5 years has become a US hating shit hole. Ever look at our other Arab allies, like Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Jordan? Trust me, their Governments are not eager to give sovereignty back to the people.
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Now the US has their largest military base there.
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Irrelevant. We should be putting bases in Taiwan and Poland.
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Pretty sure the Palestinians deserve their own country a lot more than Albania. But I guess that would not be convenient.
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I'm guessing you are pretty ignorant on Balkan history. The region has been a bloody shit hole for the past 2,000 years with Crusades, Muslim invasion, Islamic terrorism, Monarchal and Communist oppression and Nazi and Serbian Genocides...
Why again do Palestinians deserve a country? Israel has only fought a dozen plus wars for the region and had US/UN intervention not take places, they had driven everyone into the sea/surrounding countries by now.
Should we lobby to give back the South West to Mexico, Mexico to Spain, or the whole country to the "Natives"?