A more populous country trying to claim islands offshore of a weaker country is wrong, right?

[uawchild]

Especially when that more populous country is so much further away from that island than the weaker nation. Just because the more populous nation is militarily much stronger and could dominate the weaker country economically, that gives it no right to grab land off the shore of the much weaker nation, right? And the more populous country should not get its way just because it has nuclear weapons and the weaker nation does not, right?

Oh, sure, the usual apologists will claim the more populous country has so called "historic claims", but we all know that is just a flimsy excuse to justify its land grab.

So, I am sure that we all are outrage at this more populous country's outrageous behavior and that its well past time for France to give the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon to Canada.

Miquelon
A Corner of North America That Is Forever France. “Sixteen miles off the coast of Newfoundland and just 800 miles from Boston lie the tiny islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, the last vestiges of the colonial empire of New France.
St-Pierre and Miquelon – Where France meets North America
www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com

lol

[MADem]

1. St Pierre and Miquelon predate the establishment of Canada as an independent nation, so no.

The residents voted after WW2 to remain a French territory, too.

And the first people to occupy the Falklands were the British--the Argentines never lived there.

That said, shit happens. If we didn't "occupy" Hawaii, the Japanese would have.

[uawchild]

2. Dude , it was a joke.

Oh, wait maybe you are playing along with a very droll wit.

Well played.

[Rex]

3. Wooooshhh....

[uawchild]

4. Lol. n/t

[Bradical79]

5. Nope.

Right and wrong would be pretty situational. Boiling it down to which nation is closer kind of ignores other key variables such as the opinions of the people living on the island.

Edit: Aparently I'm missing something :-P

[uawchild]

6. Dude, it was a joke

A humorous send off of the South China Sea dispute...

Wait,you might be playing along also exhibiting an even more droll wit and sense of humor.

Well played also. Well played indeed.

[Bradical79]

7. Yes... I was playing along...

of course!

[uawchild]

8. Lol. n/t

[Rex]

9. .