>It's a sad fact that the departure of the British Empire from various colonial possessions frequently resulted in a power vacuum followed by deep internal conflicts which remain problematic today - Ireland, Israel, and India being three obvious examples.
Not a "sad fact". It's how the "british empire" planned it, melticulously and with great effort and cunning.
It's a result of their "divide and conquer" way of ruling, in their colonial era, and it's something they pursued afterwards in order to keep it's post colonial grip on those places. With lackeys, puppet governments et al.
Oh, and add Cyprus/Nothern Cyprus, Ethiopia/Eritrea etc to the mix.
You seem to think I'm saying it was unavoidable/inevitable, but I'm deliberately abstaining from commentary on the causes. Being Irish myself, I have my opinions about this but this doesn't seem like the place to air them.
Not a "sad fact". It's how the "british empire" planned it, melticulously and with great effort and cunning.
It's a result of their "divide and conquer" way of ruling, in their colonial era, and it's something they pursued afterwards in order to keep it's post colonial grip on those places. With lackeys, puppet governments et al.
Oh, and add Cyprus/Nothern Cyprus, Ethiopia/Eritrea etc to the mix.