But just as a point of fact Kevin, Britain did not give anything away to any third party, the League of Nations Mandate whereby Britain was responsible for the Mandated Territory expired 27 years after it was granted and in 1948 and Great Britain handed the territory back to the League of Nations' successor the United Nations. By that time there was an independent Iraq, the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Palestine.

It was the United Nations that proposed the two-state solution for Palestine in 1947 that the Jews agreed to and which the Arabs rejected.

So what was it that Britain "stole" in the 27 years that they were there?? Not a damn thing as far as I can make out.

Oh and Kevin this does belong in this thread, it is exactly what I thought would happen considering the subject matter - can't be seen to condemn fanatical Islamic "freedom fighters" so distract and deflect the arguement so we can all blame Jews, the big bad west and GWB - didn't take long did it??