What were "they" thinking!

Reader comment on item: Israel's Predicament at 60: World's worst neighbourhood

Submitted by Patricia Torpis (United States), May 8, 2008 at 08:08

Very interesting comparison! I have always wondered what possessed the British to acquiesce to the demands of Muslims for partitioning of India to create Muslim Pakistan. Terrible idea to form a nation at such a late date solely to satisfy a particular religious identity.

Patricia Torpis

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