In the world we currently inhabit, it's bringing a knife to a gunfight. Nor would I imagine any investor taking this dispute into account in their decisions. (View Post)

Could anyone imagine the USA or France or Israel acting similarly? (View Post)

I view the Sack of Constantinople as "It was worse than a crime, it was a blunder." A still-viable Eastern Empire would have kept the Turks out of the Balkans and Southern Russia. (View Post)

I'd have more sympathy if these high net worth individuals were facing marginal tax rates of 83-98%, as in the 1970's. The UK must be among the top dozen best places to be a high net worth … (View Post)

Sir Steven Runciman hated the crusaders, for sacking Constantinople (as you and MD pointed out, an act of self-defeating stupidity). He wrote a very influential denunciation of them. (View Post)