Who is an occupier? Who is not?

Submitted by David Sussman (United States), Jul 24, 2010 at 11:33

The left wing do-gooders get themselves in a lather about the supposed Israeli occupation of "Palestine". The Palestinian position is that they refuse to become a state until they first occupy all of Palestine- that is to occupy Israel. Listed here are some "occupiers".

Spain occupies Basque land

China occupies Tibet

Hashemites occupy Palestine

Europeans occupy N. America

Spain occupies S. America

Portugese occupy Brazil

British occupy Australia

Russia occupies Chechnya and North Ossetia

Holland occupies Aruba

France occupies Quebec

U.S. occupies Guam

France occupies Martinique

U.S. occupies Puerto Rico

Turkey occupies part of Cyprus

Chinese occupy Formosa

Sinhalese occupy North Sri Lanka

England occupies Northern Ireland

Turkey occupies northern Cyprus

Christians occupy Hawaii

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