I still remember all the soul searching about the sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands war, and that was a warship that was engaged in combat actions by a country that had invaded UK … (View Post)

I think probably the latter, especially in this age of social media. You almost have to wonder who in their right mind would want to be a politician, given the abuse, risk and relatively low pay. You… (View Post)

The massive imbalance in power between Israel and Gaza provides some of the justification for calling the killing of Gazans a genocide. What happened in Gaza was not so much a war as plain slaughter.… (View Post)

There is also Reform's committment to environmental destruction on the basis of scientific incomprehension, which may or may not be reversible. (View Post)

Generally people fear lawlessness more than authoritarianism. Countries with very weak central government, such as Haiti or Congo, tend to be worse places to live then those with authoritarian regime… (View Post)