Didn't Saddam give up all his WMD before the 2003 war, but the war was started anyway, ostensibly because the US/Britain didn't believe that he'd done so? You can always claim that the… (View Post)

Well. The percentages above are with don't know/none of the above excluded, so we don't know what proportion of the sample have those answers. The numbers would look very different if DK/NO… (View Post)

I hope this is right, though I fear that the combination of a boost to Russian oil income and a halt to US ammunition deliveries might swing things back in Russia's favour. The Russian governmen… (View Post)

Even then it could be too late. Major's government lost the voters and so when the economy improved they didn't get any credit for it. Voters are capable of thinking that things have improv… (View Post)

Maybe 21, 20, 19, 18, 17 - but don't ask me to give the party order. (View Post)