Jews are not interlopers, in a place that has had Jewish settlement for millenia, any more than Arabs are. The UN Resolution was an attempt to split the difference between them. It might not ever hav… (View Post)

Had Henry lived another 15 years, I think he'd have made good his claim. A lof of the French movers and shakers supported him, over a king and Dauphin who were both hapless. But, I'm not co… (View Post)

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)