Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
The Mandates never acquired sovereignty. Sovereignty was in the hand of the residents which was in conformance with international law.Post war treaties.Mandates were trustees. They didn't own anything.So drawing borders of states, writing laws for them, policing
- is not sovereignty over territory?
Really so who drew the borders of Palestine or Syria, or Lebanon, or Iraq - the inhabitants?
Don't be ridiculous, treaties don't sign themselves.
Borders at the time were set by the Allied Powers, as were law and policing.
Sovereignty, in political theory, the ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state and in the maintenance of order.
And the Muzzies screwed it up, which is why their "territory" will continue to diminish.