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Did they declare independence from Palestinian, or from the British when the British mandate expired? Well, Israeli Declaration of Independence; British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin signing the Treaty of Brussels; The 1948 Summer Olympics opens in London, United Kingdom; The trial of persons...

Pssst…I can see her retiring, and getting gifted a senate seat…until she’s 75-ish.

Weird question, but in 1930, who (whom?) was the President or Premier or Prime Minister or King or Grand Pooba or Emperor or whatever of Palestine in 1930? It was an area on a map, most call the general area the “Mandate of Palestine”. Here’s maps from 1920 & 1922 of the same area but they’re...

I thought she was in rehab. Several times in the last four or five years I wondered if she was still alive, but then it passed and I stopped wondering about it. Anyway… Being a federal party leader, May availed herself of an unredacted copy of last week’s report of the National Security and...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said he would eject any members of his caucus named in a bombshell NSICOP report warning of “witting” foreign agents in Parliament. As Poilievre said in a Wednesday radio interview, he would “absolutely” dismiss any Conservative MPs found to have...

Just trying to deal with the here & now. I could argue both sides of this if you would like. Both sides of both conflicts actually, and probably enjoy doing so.

Why not a map from 100AD? Got to start somewhere like the present, or we could start before the USSR dissolved, etc…in the “Yeah But…” train.

As you currently perceive it. “Yeah But…” train deflection inserted here:

I could jump on the “Yeah But…” train, and just post a global map from 1990…but I’m not going to. Why do the Chechen rebels exist? Another deflection from the current situation.😉

I see Ukraine (invaded most recently by Russia in Feb of 2022 at the tail-end of the Ottawa parking crisis) and Israel (invaded most recently by Hamas on Oct 7th 2023) in very similar lights. Neither Ukraine or Israel are saints. Both have jaded histories (as do all nations), and both where...

I’m sure you’re correct in your assessment of the situation. I see Ukraine (invaded most recently by Russia in Feb of 2022 at the tail-end of the Ottawa parking crisis) and Israel (invaded most recently by Hamas on Oct 7th 2023) in very similar lights. Neither Ukraine or Israel are saints...

Agreements are not Treaties. I get it. {Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement (1952); a General Security of Information Agreement (1982); a Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (1991); and a Status of Forces Agreement (1994)} Something like this means nothing, and could potentially be written...

Screw them both then. Equally. Sink or swim on their own.

Screw them both then. Equally. Sink or swim on their own.

Maybe we should stand with our allies, and oppose the….insert your own bias here.

Russian state news outlet Tass reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin demands the complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, after which peace negotiations can begin. Putin added that Moscow was committed to ensuring the...

Maybe just maybe…

Israel appears ready to accept a ceasefire deal, release hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for hostages, and enter into talks about a permanent end to hostilities. Hamas wants the fighting to continue, is willing to sacrifice even more Palestinian lives and to let...

In an interview with CNN, Hamas spokesperson and political bureau member Osama Hamdan offered an insight into the militant group’s position on the stalled ceasefire talks, a view on whether Hamas regrets its decision to attack Israel given the mounting Palestinian death toll, and a commentary on...