Hahahaha. The difference between us is I actually understand these places and know that a military solution is impossible. You are the one who gets a hard on from seeing Israel bombing civilians day … (View Post)

They 'defeated' Egypt through means of a conventional war. And even then they didn't stop the armed conflict as such. That was done via a peace treaty on equal terms, not through defea… (View Post)

Not a word about his assisting in the theft of West Bank land by illegal settlers? Not one? And Britain never defetaed the Nationalist terrorists in Northern Ireland. We realised it was impossible an… (View Post)

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. Not a Tony in sight. (View Post)

Excellent comment and love the B5 analogies. On your question of the origins I would again reference the semi autonomous Indian Office and what happened to all those civil servants and administrators… (View Post)