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[-] germanatlas 170 points 2 years ago
[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Didn't know saddam hussein was a colossal giant

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The US was wrong about Iraq having nukes, but they were close to the truth. In reality, they were pumping Saddam full of enriched uranium so that he'd mutate and grow to a titanic size.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

The US wanted to create Titans? Sick dude

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

sadam was the nuke this whole time…..

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

You'd think he wouldn't have been able to hide in that hole.

[-] Baizey@feddit.dk 1 points 2 years ago

Who do you think the sphinx was modeled after?

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Should pass this on to anyone who has an "opinion" about the current situation.

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 102 points 2 years ago
[-] match@pawb.social 50 points 2 years ago

Call that a loss of the right to self-determination

[-] sweetcuppincakes@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

I love the way this cake is cut

[-] ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

just in case the meaning is lost on you, that's loss

[-] ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I guess so, I don't get the joke

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

uh uh, uh, uh...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago

I'm going to color the whole thing red and blue to reflect who should be the rightful owner of the Middle East- Liechtenstein!

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago

Fuck Liechtenstein, Fuck Hilti, Fuck monarchy.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

You better watch what you say or Liechtenstein will send all three members of its Army after you.

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

The Liechtenstein-lords are probably able to finance several Wagners.

Liechtenstein also has no army since 1868, but a police of ~85 officers.

Monarchies have to be toppled by principle.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You must be fun at parties.

[-] Wodge@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

That person doesn't get invited to parties.

[-] Lileath 3 points 2 years ago

The lord of Liechtenstein is a petty misogynistic asshole though. He deserves the Guillotine.

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I don't like your parties.

[-] ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Wait, what are the rest of us missing? Is Liechtenstein actually a state or is that a joke? What's going on?

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

Liechtenstein is a real country between Switzerland and Austria haha. They have no military and were accidentally invaded by the Swiss when a bunch of their soldiers got lost one time

[-] Sekoia 13 points 2 years ago

Not just the one time. The swiss bombed it via artillery once (blew up some deck chairs in the only ski resort), started a forest fire with anti-air missiles, set up an observation post, and had soldiers march in like 5 times.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations

[-] query@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It wasn't with no regard. They were deliberately giving minorities power over majorities and splitting ethnic groups with borders to fuel conflicts.

[-] stewsters@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think folks here are not giving them enough credit. It wasn't just some random dude drawing lines for no reason.

The purpose of a lot of what Britain was doing was to prevent unification into a new Ottoman Empire successor. They intended the internal conflict in the region.

And it worked at keeping the Middle East busy and Europe safe for the most part (if you don't count the incalculable death toll having them fighting amongst themselves has caused, and random terrorist attacks).

[-] BeanGoblin 38 points 2 years ago

It's done. That's it. Just the whole thing. Let's run with it.

[-] sonori@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago

One country called country and one language called language.

[-] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The whole US is now just Wyoming, social experiment.

Why?

First state I could think of that didn't bring anything to my mind.

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Don't miss your chance to embed pieces of countries into one another. Go wild, let's have nested enclaves several layers deep!

[-] labsin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago
[-] dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago

You should have seen India-Bangladesh border pre 2015.

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Make it worse by enveloping the country that envelopes you that you are enveloping, a bit like this 🎯

[-] ShittyKopper 2 points 2 years ago

like a tic tac inside a polo inside a bagel inside bangladesh

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I remember learning that there was a joke (but quite possibly legit) notion that the reason there's that huge, sharp indent in the Jordanian border is because Winston Churchill was drunk while he was splitting up the map and hiccuped, and that's how that weird part of the border came to be.

[-] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago

Let's use a spirograph

[-] pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure this was from the America book by Jon Stewart, yeah? That book was a trip.

[-] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago
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[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

There's 300million people and 7 million km². I'd give everyone 20m² and an AK (making sure to split up families as much as possible). Surely nothing will go wrong with this wholely equitable division of land!

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I'm calling dibs on the peak of mount Ararat.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I want to create a Greater Persian Empire that includes Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. This piece of paper limits my creative freedom.

[-] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Is this Arthur Balfour's colouring book?

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