I disagree. China's imperial history is easily as brutal as anything in the west - or the Mughals or Ottomans What makes it less visible is 1. It is culturally remote to us, we don't instan… (View Post)

Yep, that's roughly where I am. Still, tomorrow I'm going to Whitstable, so it's swings and roundabouts (View Post)

This is highly disoutable. If you look at Chinese imperialist atrocities over 3000 years, it's a long and extraordinary list, much of it barely known eg Ever heard of this? Me neither, til very … (View Post)

Fair to say this dude is not OVER-optimistic about the Iran War sequelae "Risible - and frighteningly woolly thinking for a Hudson Institute scholar. Repeat after me: the closure of the Strait o… (View Post)

Are you honestly claiming 1. You don't vote for the SNP and 2. The SNP doesn't blame anything bad on London? (View Post)