PIRA’s war aims stopped short of genocide, unlike Hamas’. But, what brought them to negotiate was a grinding campaign of attrition. Sending thousands of soldiers into Gaza, patiently arresting and tr… (View Post)

That’s not how the typical politician sees it. They see our money as their money, and what we keep is a gift from them to us. (View Post)

They helped. But, I think the Spanish Foreign Legion and Moroccan regulares were more significant. (View Post)

What is odd is to pick a side in somebody else’s ethnic quarrel, and then become more royalist than the king. (View Post)

The Most Oppressed People Ever, as Ruth Dudley Edwards puts it. Some people cling on to historic grievances, like a security blanket, decades after they’ve ceased to be relevant. (View Post)