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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:52:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On 19 Oct 2024 18:59:25 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> Yugoslavia was another one of those ill-advised creations after WWI.
> "We'll draw a line around these people that hate each other and call it
> a country."

In your case you fought a civil war that succeeded in forcing them back 
together again. In Yugoslavia, the war went another way.

What common principle can you draw from both these cases?