Well put! It probably goes without saying (but should probably be said anyway) that any democracy mobilized to the cause of irridentism should emphasize the cause for self-determination.

EDIT: ...any democracy mobilized to the cause of stopping irridentism...

Good point Chris. And it's hard to emphasize self-determination when democracy is being imposed from without, which is why I expect America's current efforts to spread democracy will be an unfortunate failure.

True enough, though I expect that eventually the Kurds of Turkey and Iran will be clamoring to join Iraqi Kurdistan, which is, ironically, a home-grown democracy of sorts (it emerged in the 1990s power-vacuum opened by the no-fly zones) and much more stable than the rest of Iraq.

Hey im doing a civics summative on irridentism and am not quite sure what it is, i get a good idea because of the definition. Im not sure but is it basically without going into detail that the country that owns a region should be in control of that region that they have controlled in the past. If you could just give me a more detailed report on the subject, or link me to site were i can further my studies it would be very helpful.
Thanks

Blake, I'd recommend Wikipedia , and the sources referenced there.

Thanks, I like your website alot as well. Youve been a great help and i cant thank you enough.

Sincerly
Blake

Can you please explain why Isreal and Palestine are in conflict with eachother? What are they
argueing about and how does it involve irridentism?

Um, no. There are a thousand explanations of that freely available online already. Go find one.