Recent content by SoldierOfTheKing

Actually, you can only do that if the that if the enemy is using them as an active fighting position - shooting at you from the building. Mere enemy presence is not a justification. Of course, as I've already pointed out, attacking diplomatic missions is an even greater offense. They're...

Iran, unlike Hamas, is a state actor, and a fairly good sized one at that. Iran has the resources to pull off something that will make October 7 look like a stroll in the park...

Do you think the story ends there?

It actually isn’t. Killing is the main business of military forces, after all.

Attacking consulates is a gross violation of international law. The principle of safe conduct for diplomats has been basic to foreign relations for centuries. At this point, Iran has to retaliate to be taken seriously.

If a war with Iran is what they want, their leadership is even less rational than I thought…

What was Israel thinking? What did they honestly expect to happen here?

Quantity has a quality of its own. The Russians choose to make less technologically sophisticated weapons because they are cheaper, require less training, and are easier to operate under less-than-ideal conditions.

In 5000 years of recorded history, it’s the rule, not the exception. Most of current borders of the world were determined by the outcomes of wars. For the past decade, they’ve existed only on paper, and are not restorable, simply because too much has changed. That the Ukrainian government...

The major point of the peace talks would be how to define “Ukraine”. As long as Kiev insists that it means pre-2014 borders, there won’t be peace, because they’re chasing an old order that simply doesn’t exist anymore. Even if the Russian did withdraw, the Ukrainian army would face a rifle...

It must be discouraging to see your agents die on you like that…

St Peter’s requires that knees and shoulders be covered, especially if you enter the basilica during mass. It’s pretty normal for churches to expect visitors to show a measure of respect.

It's got to be better that living in fear over the borders of the most backward country in Europe, or of the fate of what basically amounts to a glorified military garrison on the east shore of the Mediterranean, like the poster I was referring to. It ought to be self-evident how absurd it is...

The United States moved into the Ukraine ten years ago by instigating a coup to overthrow the lawfully elected government of the Ukraine. Everything afterwards is a fallout from that. The current war is not between Russians and Ukrainians. Washington is merely using the Ukrainians as fodder -...

The USA is a major part of it…