Hamas ruled Gaza the same way dictatorships rule anywhere. Threat of death to anyone who gets in the way - which rapidly escalates to actual death. See the way they took over in the first place. It w… (View Post)

IIRC she on the conciliation side of Church politics - rather than "Cast out those who oppose The Way" (View Post)

Actually, by the end of the war, Bomber Command Main Force and the Americans were achieving about the same level of accuracy - a sort of giant shotgun blast a mile or so across that could be aimed to… (View Post)

Human rights law is pretty strong on that. IIRC Germany got told to end its ban on dual nationality, because some countries do not recognise renunciation. So there were people (I think Turkish) who c… (View Post)

Weren’t the suicide vests at the London Bridge narwhal horn joust also fake? The thing that is comforting is that these guys can’t do chemistry. Anyone remember the Doctors Plot? - where a bunch of m… (View Post)