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AITHASNTEEN t1_j6e82vn wrote

Reply to comment by SpangledSpanner in Two armed Syrians approach Israeli border in Golan Heights, one shot dead -- IDF by NamelessForce

Do you understand how war works?

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Tiny-Peenor t1_j6f58ck wrote

Do you now support the annexation of Crimea?

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AITHASNTEEN t1_j6f7j1k wrote

Do you now support the annexation of Crimea

Which time? 1954 or 2014? One was legal under international law, one was not.

Either way, both are poor parallels to the situation in a Golan Heights. A more relevant comparison is how I feel about the Soviet Union taking control of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland and eastern Germany after WWII.

I feel that the Allies were more than justified in taking territory from the Axis. And that it was done in accordance with international law.

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SpangledSpanner t1_j6e85hk wrote

Do you?

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AITHASNTEEN t1_j6e8pvd wrote

Yes.

And when you wage war and lose, you don't always get to keep your territory.

The Ottomans lost WW1 and Britain took Palestine and France took Syria.

The Syrians lost the 6 Day War and Israel took Golan.

By 1967, Syria should have known that Israel would keep any territory that it gained in war. And they chose to roll the dice.

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SpangledSpanner t1_j6ea25i wrote

That's great. Still Syrian territory though.

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AITHASNTEEN t1_j6eb577 wrote

Because they are still at war and therefore there has been no treaty.

Israel is defending the territory it captured in war, against a nation with whom it is still at war.

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