Fun with maps

[Watser?]

It seems pretty certain now that the Palestinians are going to ask the UN to recognise their state early next week. It is even more certain that the US will veto this. I was reading up on a state that unilaterally declared independence fairly recently (the US government are now proclaiming they are against unilateral moves btw), and i thought it might be interesting to compare some notes/maps





Try to guess which is which

[Crumb]

Which is which what?

[Janet]

I'm guessing that the green in the top one unilaterally declared, seeing as our beloved Declaration of Independence is probably the gold standard for doing so. (Thomas Jefferson was a slave-raping dickwad, but you can't deny the man could write.)

[Watser?]

One is Kosovo, the other is Palestine.

[ceptimus]

Some countries are green on both maps.

ETA: damn crossposting monkey!

[Watser?]

Yeah one of them is countries recognising Kosovo, the other one countries recognising Palestine.

Actually, it's obvious which is which. I just thought it was funny to see how countries voted on both issues. There are very few countries that are green (or grey) on both maps.

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[Deadlokd]

Australia, tonguing America's asshole since 1945.