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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Alphorn isn’t exclusive to Switzerland, just as alpine-style drindl/tracht, its common in both alpine regions of italy, germany, france and austria as well.

But I can infer what you mean. Historically french switzerland wasn’t famed for its textiles.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Israel supported both sides.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

France also did the same thing in the Congo, which was the reason for soviet support for Nigeria, despite the Igbo's having a leftist element and having "global sympathy".

Also what anglo wikipedia omits is that israhell supported both sides:

From early on, Israel perceived that Nigeria would be an important player in West African politics and saw good relations with Lagos as an important foreign policy objective. Nigeria and Israel established a linkage in 1957. In 1960, the United Kingdom allowed the creation of an Israeli diplomatic mission in Lagos, and Israel made a $10 million loan to the Nigerian government. Israel also developed a cultural relation with the Igbos based on possible shared traditions. These moves represented a significant diplomatic success given the Muslim orientation of the northern-dominated government. Some northern leaders disapproved of contact with Israel and banned Israelis from Maiduguri and Sokoto. Israel did not begin arms sales to Nigeria until after Aguyi-Ironsi came to power on 17 January 1966. This was considered an opportune time to develop this relationship with the federal government. Ram Nirgad became Israeli ambassador to Nigeria in January. Thirty tons of mortar rounds were delivered in April. The Eastern Region began seeking assistance from Israel in September 1966. Israel apparently turned down their requests repeatedly, although they may have put the Biafran representatives in contact with another arms dealer. In 1968, Israel began supplying the Federal Military Government with arms—about $500,000 worth, according to the US State Department. Meanwhile, as elsewhere, the situation in Biafra became publicised as a genocide. The Knesset publicly debated this issue on 17 and 22 July 1968, winning applause from the press for its sensitivity. Right-wing and left-wing political groups, and student activists, spoke for Biafra. In August 1968, the Israeli Air Force overtly sent twelve tons of food aid to a nearby site outside of Nigerian (Biafran) airspace. Covertly, Mossad provided Biafra with $100,000 (through Zurich) and attempted an arms shipment. Soon after, Israel arranged to make clandestine weapons shipments to Biafra using Ivory Coast transport planes. The nations of sub-Saharan Africa tended to support the Arabs in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute by voting for resolutions sponsored by Arab states at the United Nations. A major goal of Israeli diplomacy was to wean the African states away from the Arab states and given the way that the majority of African nations supported Nigeria, Israel was loath to antagonise them by supporting Biafra too overtly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

France has alpine regions too, you know. They call that region "Arpitania" nowdays.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago

This person just spouts OG American nationalism (Puritans escaping a morally removed Europe for the "untamed" new world), but applying it to space.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The Biafra conflict was in part france trying to regain a sphere of influence at the expense of the UK. Thats why the sides fell the way they did.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What are we doing here? This is straight up china as a "deformed" workers state bs.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Wait and here I thought orientalism made poc men effeminate - even the templars were convicted on being secret gay muslims (Baphomet=Mohammed in old french), with masculinity being the domain of the hwite „civilized“ men.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

They get blinded by the higher amounts of melanin in some latin Americans, ignoring that they serve basically the same function as anglo settlers do. Genetic discontinuity between successive populations groups after conquest/colonization is unusual and mostly restricted as a phenomenon to anglo-saxon colonies and patagonia - I think.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

F to our resident autistic fash hwite boy. Its such a tragic and fitting end, he believed truly in order and craved for a sense of belonging, only for it to all come crashing down when he realizes what his purpose was.

Ironically its his love for dedra (aka fascism) that kills him.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago

People will say this and them complain that there arent good tacos in Scotland and “no spicy food”.

Try growing black pepper, cilantro or nutmeg in the cold soggy stony highlands.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

short-sighted geo-engineering.

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