Medieval monarchs were not, on the whole, adherents to the Hague and Geneva Conventions. Waging war to enforce one's claim to a throne was considered to be entirely legitimate among contemporary… (View Post)

One needs to be clear about what ethnic cleansing entails. It’s not about putting people on air-conditioned coaches, and sending them somewhere better. It usually involves mass killing and rape, as t… (View Post)

Population transfer is the polite term. I’m on holiday in Crete. My guidebook is a delight. After a prolonged rant about Turkish atrocities, it notes that the Turkish (actually mostly Greek Muslim) p… (View Post)

Their complaint is not so much about oppression as about the fact they aren’t the oppressors. (View Post)

How right Abba Eban was. (View Post)