@sapinker @chronicle Isn't land a resource?
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@sapinker Christopher Hitchens made a similar point in a great essay for The Nation: "risky and volatile thing, a "self-pitying majority".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@chronicle admit it- you just made up those wordsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@chronicle What are two words I've never heard of, Alex.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@chronicle but would countries be as inclined to act on these abstract motives if not for some sort of tangible gain?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: The biggest risk factors for war are revanchism and irredentism, not competition for resources. http://shar.es/1XOga ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Great article on the conflicts caused by the imaginary lines we've drawn on our maps. http://shar.es/1XOga1 via
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@sapinker@chronicle Revenge, keep it simple, is it a generational meme? Israel & Palestine can't get on with doing the right thing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker does your use of 'revanchism' and 'irredentism' constitute highfalutin gobbledygook?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@chronicle new words! Thanks . . .Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@chronicle my old bean throbs at this statement. *lights a meditative cigarette*Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Revanchism - the will to reverse territorial losses; irredentism justifies such claims on basis of historic/ethnic affiliations. -
@michaelhogannui@sapinker Some element of population continues to migrate and yet holds romantic notions of imaginary past.
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Relevant for Mexico: The biggest risk factors for war are revanchism and irredentism, not competition. http://shar.es/1XOga1 via
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@sapinker@chronicle question is: is a country liable to these if there isn't already structural (usually economic) weakness?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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