@britexpat: that is why I am saying the topic should not be raised unless within a historical and educational context. It is very controversial and each side has its version, and if each side will keep pushing its version every now and then and stigmatize the other side, then obviously relations will always be strained between them. Some countries have gone beyond this and established working relationships and left the colonization/war debate for teachers and historians (Egypt and the UK, Qatar and the UK, Tunisia and France, etc.)
@britexpat: that is why I am saying the topic should not be raised unless within a historical and educational context. It is very controversial and each side has its version, and if each side will keep pushing its version every now and then and stigmatize the other side, then obviously relations will always be strained between them. Some countries have gone beyond this and established working relationships and left the colonization/war debate for teachers and historians (Egypt and the UK, Qatar and the UK, Tunisia and France, etc.)