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I'm hardly aware of the facts in this case beyond what people have said in the thread, but going from "people talked about people that might be Hebrews, then they stopped" to "Exodus is correct" is one hell of a leap. Maybe those Hebiri weren't Hebrews at all. Maybe there actually weren't very...

That's hardly one war though. The actual answer is the Taipeng Rebellion, which killed at least 20 million people.

Had Jammu and Kashmir been a British administered area at the time of the partition, J&K definitely would have been given to Pakistan, based on the rather large Muslim majority. This was complicated by the fact that Hari Singh somehow thought he could remain an independent ruler of J&K, but was...

There is a chance you or I will murder someone tomorrow. Shall we just lock everyone up, just to be safe?

Yes. That is all.

Yeah, building an exterior wall to support the old structure during excavation seems like a rather good idea, if that is what they're doing.

Politics. Support for Israel was generally pretty strong amongst American Jews I believe, and then the relationship became particularly close during the Cold War, as Israel buddied up with America, and nearly everyone else was aligned with the Soviets. As for why they continue to receive...

Yeah, this is '47-'48.

So Germany is divided then? Israel formally became independent in 1948, so we're in that three year window. Is India independent/does Pakistan exist? Really you should post pictures.

Indeed, the obvious way to tell if it's pre- or post-WW2 is by the shape of Germany. That will also give you a good hint as to where it might be in the 30's as well. Germany, 1930: This map shows various areas annexed by Germany in the run up to WW2. Another clue might be whether the...

I never said that restitution wouldn't be provided where one party was breaking the deal, to the detriment of the other. But what the law generally will not do is force you to continue to contract; instead the idea is to restore both parties to the condition there were in before the contract...

A reason to break an agreement is not required in any other facet of the law.

If we allow no-cause marriage, why shouldn't we allow no-fault divorce?

No it didn't. Prior to say, 1980, NATO would have had a hard time winning a large conventional war, which is exactly why their plan was to resort to nukes almost immediately. Both sides were aware of this.

Indeed, SLBMs have genuinely made the world a better place.

If you could eat yourself to survive, you would be a perpetual motion machine.

A big problem with the loss of Africa also meant that there had to be a significant military presence in Italy to deter or stop attacks. You also definitely need an army across the Alps, and wherever the Emperor isn't, the local aristocracy will be scheming to use the local army to get a more...

Presumably shored up power on the continent while trying to further isolate Britain and Russia diplomatically. But that's not the kind of person that Napoleon was, nor would the rest of Europe just taken things lying down. There is no plausible situation in which Sea Lion could possibly...

Hamas's actions are utterly reprehensible. So are the actions of Israel, going beyond their current actions in Gaza. And there's something supremely amusing about Israel of all things fighting so hard against extremists using terrorism to secure an independent homeland in the holy land.

Because people want to believe that by this one zany trick, you can become 10 times smarter than you are! Scholars hate it!