>>42660199This annoys me because it’s one of the few objectively incorrect criticisms you can make about that country.
Like feel free to criticizes their human rights abuses or annexation of land, but they’re arguably a more “legitimate state” than most other countries period. Their formal creation and recognition as a country occurred through a majority United Nations vote, that’s a hell of a lot more legitimate than the usual,
>We gathered a large enough army together on this land to defend it and have it backing a government we formed. We say we are now a country.or
>We invaded this land with an army and are now installing a government over the people who were living here. We say this is now a new country.or
>We used an army to fight off the army of the country who we used to belong to. Because we didn’t lose, we now say we are an independent country. 
