To a degree Rich, but it's a decision taken very carefully and as a last resort. It is not a very popular political decision to ever remove a citizen of that country forcibly from their homes. It's a dodgy decision these days to remove a foreign citizen from their lands.
There will be lots of times a government might not be particularly bothered about 'giving away' a country, but the gains from doing so must be vast in order for them to do so. The main reason I think we went to war over the Falkland islands was probably Gibraltar. Spain have been wanting that back for ages, and if we allowed the Falklands to be taken so easily it would have encouraged other such occupations. > I know there were differences (HK was "leased" whereas Falklands had been > taken by force) but the primacy of the wishes of the inhabitants will > always > be subserviant to the politcal situation. > > ttfn > > Richard > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
