[IMG] I am always surprised that you get a thread about the French defeat and the performance of BEF is always brought up - not the Belgians who...
Unfortunately this is also a view of a large section the "other" side. A sizeable part of the Israeli population (and probably 100% of those half...
The Malta thread - excellent new info
http://world.time.com/2012/05/02/received-wisdom-how-the-ideology-of-netanyahus-late-father-influenced-the-son/ Since the thread is still active...
Rep for your vivid description Belasar. Still I think there is a very good chance that these odious weapons will be destroyed which must benefit...
Are we ignoring the triumph of reason and diplomacy? If no one else says it - I will. "Well done President Obama and Foreign Secretary Kerry"...
Question - why is not the sword the property of the Japanese Army?
Agreed - all dry "facts". Opinions especially if outlandish are soon stamped on. Never any debate and never any "what ifs" (although most "what...
OK Slipdigit - just one last parting shot and then I am done. 40% of Israeli want to leave:...
[IMG] Sorry had to post this - Israel has cost the US tax payer US $trillion and even now the US subsidises Israel's military to the tune of US$...
I admire lwd's attempt to condense the history of the Area into a few sentences. However inevitably it can't encompass such a huge and complex...
Picking up von Noobie's point - isn't the crux of the matter that each side thinks the other is lying: 1. The Arabs believe: The Israelis (or at...
Fair enough Kodiak. But what about the original question - new Israeli Settlements on millennium owned Arab lands in the West Bank\Samara?...
Your recollection is incorrect. The US voted For - the UK Abstained. Vote carried by the Soviet Block who all voted For - Stalin wanted to...
Yes I believe Israel has become more extreme and aggressive with the influx of Eastern European Jews from the former USSR and the rise of Likud...
I agree we can't turned the clock back. And don't see how it would be possible to admit large numbers of Arabs of Palestinian descent to return to...
Never was a United Ireland. At best four kingdoms including Ulster. Ulster is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
What everyone seems to be ignoring is that this was a chemical attack. Normally I agree with the positions being taking but this is different. I...
As the 95th LAA Royal Artillery, they were based in Scotland in 1942 as part of the Orkney and Shetland Defence. L Russo is right about them...
Well I just heard the US administration praise its oldest Ally - La Belle France SO what does that make G Britain - let me see - well America's...
