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		whatshisface 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC pr... Jerusalem is partitioned in two, like Berlin was during the cold war. The US embassy for west Germany (and the capital of west Germany) were in Bonn. Moving the capital of west Germany to Berlin would have been seen as a very aggressive move.

ImJamal 46 days ago [–]

You are missing a very clear difference. West Germany did not consider Berlin their capital.

So I'll ask my question again, have we ever denied the capital of a country is the city of their choice?

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