It seems to me that a lot of resistance m The Germans persuaded themselves that they were undefeated, and the nationalists sought scapegoats. Germany lost territories in places where the population h… (View Post)

That all seems pretty fanciful. That would imply that the British killed off 25% of India's population in those 39 years. (View Post)

My own view of Versaiiles, and subsequently, is that Germany got off fairly lightly. (View Post)

How does Israel benefit from incorporating people who are hostile to it? Land-grabbing, for its own sake, is the stupidest of policies. (View Post)

People can’t be treated as helots, forever. Eventually, they revolt. (View Post)