Even that might be a challenge. 35% of Iranian kurds are Shia. Kurds have plenty of internal squabbles of their own. They also have a long memory of being betrayed, not least by Trump 45 in Syria. (View Post)

Sure, our admirals (and the brass hats of the RAF) are pretty useless too. It has been obvious that Trump was going to kick off the Epstein War for weeks with all the concentration of US military ass… (View Post)

There's always a lot of refitting to be done, particularly after the jolly of HMS POW to the South China Sea, but that is a pretty damning list. Not much of a deterrent to anyone. No subs (apart… (View Post)

When you watch old documentaries or current affairs programmes like Horizon, In Our Time etc it is impressive how they gave subjects and interviews time, compared to jump cut modern editing. Indeed t… (View Post)

Well, its not as if either the USA or UK has ever incited the Kurds to rise up then abandoned them to their fate is it? (View Post)