Which one? PB has been rather air of locker room on occasion. (View Post)

You're missing the elementary point of geography. Indonesia and PNG have some interest in not pissing off the Australians - there are other things that they do. Rwanda and the UK, not nearly so much.… (View Post)

They wouldn't have put his name on the Haig Fund if he hadn't been generally, on balance, respected. . (View Post)

Not to mention delayed gratification. (View Post)

French. The poilus had had enough of brainless and bloody-handed generals and just refused. Amazingly the Germans never found out and the markedly saner Petain had to take over and isntitute a somewh… (View Post)