It is always possible to make different choices, and this is one that is worth making. (View Post)

Back in the days when vassaldom, and homage were the cornerstone of politics, only the most idiotic of overlords would behave like that to vassals. (View Post)

If he could, Trump would join the war on the side of Russia. (View Post)

I once read a cracking piece of fanfiction, which had the the young Lieutenant Tolkien encountering Maglor (the surviving son of Feanor) in the trenches, who told him about the history of Middle Eart… (View Post)

And yet, French and German casualties in WWI were much worse. Our commanders had at least learned, thanks to the Anglo-Boer War, that defensive rifle fire was deadly. German and French commanders too… (View Post)