Iraq certainly had more going for it than Afghanistan. Not that either should have happened, but I find it interesting that it's Iraq that got the juices flowing. (View Post)

Thank you to @JosiasJessop for an excellent, if depressing, thread header. (View Post)

https://x.com/jamesbenge/status/2031465349229478119 @jamesbenge The most disastrous Tudor campaign on the continent since they lost Calais (View Post)

Overtaking <> racing. (View Post)

Naturally I agree with the lack of sympathy for Huntley, but it does not sit easy with me that this sort of thing happens (appreciate it's not necessarily one (probably equally terrible) inmate … (View Post)