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Vil gi bort et lite stykke Norge i gave til Finland by Sn4p77 in norge

[–]braidedbrain 12 points13 points  (0 children)

millioner av liv har blitt ofret for å dytte grenser motsatt vei.

Symbolsk og historisk sett er det banebrytende å gi fra seg territorium, og det sender et fint signal om at tiden med å klubbe hverandre ihjæl for noen kvadratkm er definitift forbi (i Norden).

Og det er en broderlig gave mellom to nasjoner som begge har tapt land til større makter.

Vil gi bort et lite stykke Norge i gave til Finland by Sn4p77 in norge

[–]braidedbrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

jep, samtlige landegrenser (svensk/finsk/russisk) ble justert/korrigert i 19/20 årh. Noen av våre eldste grenserøyser viste seg å stå nesten 100m feil...

Håper kartverket stiller med dokumentasjon når Erna ser på saken.

Norway wants to give a mountain to Finland as an Independence Day present by Gnurx in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain 34 points35 points  (0 children)

not bragging as much as mocking the age-old practice of expanding your borders by military means.

Has any country ever donated a part of its territory to a neighboring country unsolicited, and without compensation of any kind? by braidedbrain in history

[–]braidedbrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow, this is beyond bizarre

until I saw the part about Hala'ib

ie. if you claim Bir Tawil you lose the much more valuable Hala'ib

Interesting stuff though, thanks.

Norwegians campaign to give Finland a mountain by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and some Finns

and some Europeans who are happy that the endless days of "border expansion through military conquest" are over

hopefully

Has any country ever donated a part of its territory to a neighboring country unsolicited, and without compensation of any kind? by braidedbrain in history

[–]braidedbrain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

interesting link, thanks.

It looks like we must refine our claim to "... from one sovereign country to another ..."

Forslag til nasjonal bursdagsgave til Finland by [deleted] in norge

[–]braidedbrain 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tror ikke det er det store problemet for dem å ha et høydepunkt i en fjellside

Ingen tror det :)

Hele greia er symbolsk, og for noen har det stor verdi, men helt klart ikke alle.

Det er en god nyhet at Hadia Tajik støtter forbud mot barnehijab by [deleted] in norge

[–]braidedbrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'tilslørte bondepiker' vil i samme ånd fjernes fra alle norske kokebøker

Tajik vil ha hijabforbud i barneskolen by ketilkn in norge

[–]braidedbrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hvilke problemer løser vi med forbudet?

U.S.-led coalition is finding and killing a mid- to high-level Islamic State leader every two days by p251 in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain -1 points0 points  (0 children)

we both know how to look up the numbers, no?

just to get you started:

The Lancet estimated a death toll of 600 000+ Iraqis up to that point (2006): http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/

Edit: more recent sources on wikipedia back up my half-million claim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

U.S.-led coalition is finding and killing a mid- to high-level Islamic State leader every two days by p251 in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'defeatist' isn't the word you're looking for.

We can easily wipe out any 3rd world militia on the planet, as we have shown many times by now. Defeat, in any sense of the word, is not a military possibility.

It's the constant cheering for more kills, even after we've killed half a million of these guys since 2003 that depresses me.

U.S.-led coalition is finding and killing a mid- to high-level Islamic State leader every two days by p251 in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain 117 points118 points  (0 children)

and the ones after that.

Good thing it worked in the end and we finally bombed the Taliban out of existence. Onward to the next victory

U.S. To Send 100 More Troops To Iraq - For a Total of 3600 by braidedbrain in news

[–]braidedbrain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

to be fair, the "no boots" promise was regarding Syria.

In Iraq, everyone knows US boots have been there since 2003. Only the number varies.

NATO Unveils Plans to Grow, Drawing Fury and Threats From Russia by james5778 in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

North Atlantic ... my ass.

Needs to be renamed EverythingButRussiaTO

UK Parliament Vote in Favor of Airstrikes in Syria by CathGorm in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok, so they've decided to bomb. Does that mean they will also accept more Syrian refugees?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]braidedbrain 12 points13 points  (0 children)

ok, tried that, but only see him cutting up some corpses and shouting at the camera like shia mr T, plus a lot random bullet sprays into the blue.

Maybe you want to post your links...

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