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Opinionated curmudgeon in training. Views (which are my own) are likely to offend anyone slightly more left than left of center.

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@IlliyAli That was the same in the First Hulf War back in 1991 except it was 24 hours cable news not social media.

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@Mullin_95 What formal agreement was signed where the US committed not to allow any nation to the East join Nato?

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@Tanja_Akl @dbseymour I don't think you know David Seymour. You know of him but that is obviously coloured by your preconceived bias.

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@SeanBallyturk Next I suspect you are going to claim the Armenian genocide never happened.

Read this:

https://t.co/NkGAGikJMI

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@SeanBallyturk @JD27491 @FrankMcRae @AotearoaLib They didn't keep the Greeks or Armenians withing their Empire safe though.

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@SeanBallyturk @Owtovit @FrankMcRae @AotearoaLib Are you aware the Gallipoli peninsular was majority Greek before WWI. The Ottomans ethnically cleansed it during the War

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@CrScottMcKenzie That's the fault of the management of the Govt departments not the Government.

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@SachaCoburn @toddmstephenson Such as?

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@MichaelFieldNZ These are mainly armoured cars. I doubt they are going to be used for anything more than riot control.

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@Liquid_Times National did not address the regulations impacting land use nor building supply costs pre 2017 nor did they seriously look at the issue with the costs of developining infrastructure. These are the areas the current Govt is tackling differently.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris You have SOME evidence for your first assertion.

You have ZERO hard evidence for your second. As stated this is just your reckons. It is not backed up by any documentation nor from the actions of Hobson post the signing of the Treaty. In short - it is a fiction.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris All he did was entirely consistent with the British establishing a British colony. You are claiming it was not this at all but designed to stop British settlement activity. The evidence does not support this.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris If you had actual hard evidence for these claims rather than just your reckons people would take you more seriously. The British were extremely good at recording what they were doing officially as part of their administration. Is there anything from records that backs you up?

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris What steps did Hobson do to stop settlement. Answer that question.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris Wairau was an add on to the Nelson settlement. Not the core of it.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris By later on you mean 1841 while Hobson was still Governor.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris He didn't even request more troops.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris Hobson was not gone when Nelson was set up. It was done in his second year as Governor.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris No. That is what YOU wish people to start from. As I have pointed out it has little basis in reality and certainly the actions if the person who authored the Treaty after it was signed goes against that view fundamentally.

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@jameskjx @AlanWilkinsonNZ @maxdnharris Yet you persist with the fiction Hobson was tasked with the goal of STOPPING (not just restricting) British settlement activity. By his actions he seemingly went rogue and ignored his orders. Yet not one reprimand was issued against him for this gross breach of his mission.