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Right, one country rules over another country. Forces it to fight a violent war and then the another country is to blame when the violence has side effects.

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When has Algeria not been a conquered state? Even before the Islamic conquest it was a plaything of various powers, and after the conquest it became an endless warring series of dynasties and caliphates.

When has any modern nation state ever not been a conquered state?

The entirety of the Americas until European first contact?

You should read some pre-Columbus American history. There were loads of empires from the Mississippi to Columbia.

Who were they conquered by, in a manner that's REMOTELY analogous to Algeria's history?

> Who were they conquered by, in a manner that's REMOTELY analogous to Algeria's history?

The Inca? The Maya? The Navajo call the Ancestral Pueblo the Anasazi for a reason [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_Puebloans#Etymology

It seems that I have significant gaps in my knowledge of pre-conquest American history.

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