I'm gonna play the Devil's Advocate Here so bear with me...

How would we (The U.S.) feel if the rest of the world said "We are gonna give Rhode Island to (Insert oppresed Group Here), and we are not gonna pay you for it,you MUST move all people living there out,you have no choice,Sorry!!

This is what the U.N. did in 1947 to Palistine to create Isreal! A very Kneejerk reaction to the Holocost and WW II!! and some wonder why they are pissed??

I say this being of Jewish decent