It was a hostile takeover, but so was everything else throughout time
Well Im a firm believer in that.

Its like calling the United States of America, America. Call a Canadian American and he'll tell you he's Canadian, but he's from North America, and henceforth can be accurately called an American. Or tell someone from England he's European - he'll deny it till his last breath, but any atlas will show you the truth of the matter.
Or a Jew from Israel a Palestinian?