40%, ie a minority. Which means the majority of the bottom quintile income households do have a car. And those that do overwhelmingly do because they need it to get to work. It is essential for them.… (View Post)

Iran is a far greater threat than Cuba. Topple the Mullahs and peace in the Middle East becomes viable. (View Post)

Because Cuba is a communist dictatorship sanctioned by the US, yes. Cuba could have had reform and removed the communist dictatorship and normalised relations at any point since 1960. They have not. … (View Post)

Absolutely agreed, it was a thought experiment. If there were such a hypothetical switch, would you press it? The point of the thought experiment is that prior to 2003, Iraq under Saddam was as bad a… (View Post)

Is Iraq today inferior to what existed before? No, it is far superior. Saddam has gone. The threat from Iraq is vastly diminished. We are no longer needing to enforce a No Fly Zone as we were to cont… (View Post)