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• Elderly Cynic commented on Story time!
  Yes, quite, assuming that you were including loose cannons in the CIA (surely not! It's Contra-indicated!) under Bolton et. al. A third possibility is loose cannons associated with the Saudis or other anti-Shia fanatics. If it were the UK (unlikely, because I don't think any of the plausible prime movers is THAT stupid), it is possible that May wasn't even in the loop. But that's well into the realms of tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory - though, given what is going on, I have been wondering whether such insanity is plausible....
• Pigeon commented on Story time!
  The Falklands are an example of a problem which could be solved by the invention of the teleport. If you simply teleported the population (with houses etc.) to the uninhabited wastes of Caithness one night they'd never notice the difference - same latitude, same bleak sheep-growing landscape, same cold grey sea, same shitty weather, nobody else wants to live there, etc. etc. And they'd be far enough away from everyone else that they could be the only people in Scotland who love Thatcher and get away with it. Then Argentina could have the silly rocks and welcome, and by the...
• paws4thot commented on Story time!
  Some of us who are British (at least for now) are totally in support of Catalan rights, and the reunification of Ireland. I don't think we want the little Englandshirers though....
• JH commented on Story time!
  In fairness, one would have to teleport the sheep too. Who probably would not mind, though it's hard to tell. As for Gibraltar, Spain didn't have a whole lot of choice in signing that treaty. When you lose a war, it's standard practice for the losers to complain and want what they've lost back. Look at all the fuss the French made over Elsass-Lothringen....
• Pigeon commented on Story time!
  "Elsass-Lothringen." "Mein!" "Mien!" "Mein!" "Mien!" "Mein!" "Mien!" "Mein!" "Mien!" "Mein!" "Mien!" "Mein!" "Mien!" ......