What happened to self determination?

Submitted by Doug Mayfield (United States), Feb 4, 2014 at 18:11

Although not a scholar in history or geography, I was always under the impression that the capital of a country was determined by the people of that county. Arrogance of 'wanna be' tyrants here in the US not to the contrary, I think that system of choosing a capital works quite well.

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