The Marcomanni were German.

The Marcomanni were a Germanic tribe, probably related to the Buri, Suebi or Suevi.

None of which are actually Germans, since Germany didn't exist until the 19th century.

Because Palestine isn't a country, and he doesn't believe Germans existed before Germany became a country, hence, he doesn't believe there is such a thing as Palestinians.

Of course, that's just a stupid position to hold. Germans existed long before the Nation of Germany existed, just as Palestinians exist today, yet there is no country of Palestine.

Using your logic, Viking explorers, Spanish conquistodores, British colonials, and French traders were Americans, even though there was no such country before 1783. Perhaps you'd like to call them ethnic Americans.

This shows the lack of thought you give to your posts. You're arguing that Germans can't exist before there is a Germany, then you mix Vikings with actual countries like Spain and France. There is no country of Viking. It's a term used to describe a particular group of people (despite having no country), just as German can be used to describe a particular group of people before there is a Germany.

There's no country of Basque, but there are Basques. There is no country of Kurd, but there are Kurds.

Lead up to the admission of being wrong.

Walter_map: Were you aware that literally hundreds of UN resolutions regarding Israeli crimes against Palestinians have been vetoed by the US?

Xanthro: How is 41 literally hundreds?

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/UN/usvetoes.html

Here we have it. Walter_map couldn't resist twisting the meaning, but I still acknowledge we actually admitted to being wrong. Something I thought he was incapable of. I was wrong, when confronted with overwhelming evidence, Walter_map can obliquely admit being wrong.

As you say, it wasn't hundreds. It was merely dozens.

There's the admission. Dozen's isn't literally hundreds

Perhaps Walter_map will learn to be a tad more careful in the future with his posting of easily disprovable assertions.

I'll be truly shocked if he admits his error concerning asking me to show evidence of Germans in Bohemia in the 8th Century or earlier.

One supposes that makes it ok with you that the US protects Zionist atrocities against Palestinians.

I made no judgment on the vetoes themselves, only that you were wrong it claiming it was literally hundreds when it was far fewer.