Not bad, that, from Wales. (View Post)

Well a separate issue, but that rather illustrates the problem with 'international law' - because most of the world is run by people wuth very different ideas of right and wrong to us. (View Post)

I strongly disagree with TSE on this. The worst outcome is the mullahs, or anetwork of local bastards. A new shah subservient to American interests wouldn't be great, but wouldbe significantly b… (View Post)

I'd say he was highly rated. I've never heard anything but praise for him. RIP anyway, though. (View Post)

But there are cultural differemces, surely? The Amrricans are chatty, the Dutch are brusque, the Italians wave their hands around and emote. I can accept that that is cultural rather than genetic, bu… (View Post)