Comment on Why is the US so into Israel?
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 months agoI call the US being able to dictate what happens to the oil as “conquest.” Of course they aren’t going to do formal annexation, there’s no reason to.
Comment on Why is the US so into Israel?
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 months agoI call the US being able to dictate what happens to the oil as “conquest.” Of course they aren’t going to do formal annexation, there’s no reason to.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can define things however you want, but words do have meaning. Conquest implies direct political control over a place.
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Not really. There are plenty of cases in history where conquest results in establishing a tributary or proxy state. Japan conquered Manchuria in WWII, the fact that they set up a puppet government does not change that fact at all.
The word you’re looking for is annexation. I’m not “redefining” anything.