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Re:Underwater Exploring Is Banned in Brazil (1985) by freeflight on Saturday April 27, 2019 @04:21PM (#19767418)
It's to manufacture legitimization for all kinds of claims.

One of the most notorious examples for this is probably Israel [0].

[0] https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-twisted-logic-of-the...

Re:Underwater Exploring Is Banned in Brazil (1985) by mirimir on Saturday April 27, 2019 @11:02PM (#19769052)
For an interesting take on the ancient history of conflict among Semitic tribes, I recommend Matthew Woodring Stover's Jericho Moon. The ancient Hebrews come across a lot like marauding Bedouin tribes.