On this day in history

In 1917, the British defeated the Ottoman Turks at the battle of Rafa.
While much attention is paid to the fighting in France and Flanders, the Middle Eastern campaigns of the Great War are less well considered. With the present troubles in that region, perhaps this situation should be altered?

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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M

At some point after many generations you have to acknollwge a nations right to exist as it is where it is, even if you think long ago maybe it would have been "fair" for it to belong to someone else. To do otherwise leads to constant never ending conflict. In many areas of life you have to recoginize the winner as the winner because they won.

MandyMitchell · 80-89, F

@Subsumedpat I think many nations have pushed somebody aside to be where they are now. England was founded by tribes from Germany, USA by emigrants from all over the world; Turkey was founded by a tribe from Central Asia, as was Hungary. . . and so on.