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What is a war crime is defined by the UN. Possibly by the ICC as well. The International Criminal Court can try people accused of war crimes. Not all countries recognise the jurisdiction of the ICC, hence Putin cannot visit countries recognising the jurisdiction of the ICC (eg South Africa)...

Nothing to support the assertion that US spent $200 billion on madrasas in the last 50 years. Listen, I don't get involved in discussions to win an argument for the sake of winning an argument. I find that valueless. If I cannot support a claim I make, I retract. Show me evidence and I may...

Eurojet were asked to design an engine with a view to it being suited to a 20%-30% increase in thrust if required. Would Turkiye have been prepared to design TF-X around a 117kN wet thrust engine?

Would it better to use RR as a consultant rather than as a co-developer? RR could be called in to accelerate dealing with difficult problems (difficult for TEI) that come up in a TEI-designed engine. India called SAFRAN in to fix some of the problems with the Kaveri engine that it (India) did...

BBC reports that Turkiye is recalling its ambassador to Israel.

How many KAAN would Pakistan want? I know that Pakistan is broke and is somewhat under the control of China, but how would Chinese engines end up in KAAN? Would China pay TAI to integrate them (perhaps by lending Pakistan the money to pay TAI)? Assuming Turkiye comes up with an indigenous engine...

Are Germany and Turkiye ideologically incompatible? Germany is a liberal, secular country.

I just heard a report on the BBC (not confirmed yet) that a convoy of ambulances has been hit with fatalities and injuries. If this is true and Israeli forces were clearly responsible, Israel's standing in the world will fall still further. The country is turning itself into a pariah in the...

US is reported to be shipping war materiel to Israel urgently (some diverted from delivery to Ukraine). Can anyone come up with a suggestion how US can be persuaded to stop? I think that threats of attacks on Israel by other countries and factions will only serve to increase US deliveries of war...

Germany gave problems to the Tornado partners early on, causing expensive delays to UK and Italy. After the Soviet Union disintegrated, Germany wanted to reassess its requirement. I think there was a one year delay before Germany returned to accepting the original proposed design. Germany has...

I just heard on BBC news that antisemitic offences in London policing area have risen 1,350%. I am not aware what is being compared with what (Oct v Sep or Oct 2023 v Oct 2022 or Jan-Nov 2023 v Jan-Nov 2022 etc). It seems that Israel's actions are having a very damaging effect on attitudes...

Many years ago a lot of people were killed at Saabra and Chatilla as the Israeli army stood by. If that was to be condemned and Israel held responsible for that massacre, so is Hamas responsible for the 7 October massacre. PS Hamas either allowed a massacre to take place or encouraged others to...

The pessimist in me agrees. The realist in me says probably that is what will happen. The optimist in me says that the Israeli response to the Hamas attack is so inhuman that the countries that have accommodated Israel's military occupation of the West Bank and colonisation thereof will...

Deplorable to delight in the suffering of others, is it not? Did you point out reactions to the victims of the October 7 attack on Israel, too?

If Turkiye does not approve Sweden joining NATO, it will not get an F-16 deal. If it does, a deal may still not get approved by the US Congress. However, I remember reading that if Congress blocks a proposal by the president, that can be challenged. If I remember correctly, 2/3 of the members...

In international law a state attacked is allowed to defend itself with force but under international law there are rules applying to how you use force. Israel is not following those rules. It may be that a lot of people in Gaza would sympathise with any group prepared to use force to resist...

The apologists on both sides ignore the evil their side does, don't they? Ignore or deny or attribute the evil deeds of the side they support to their enemies. They are both opponents of fact. What weight do opinions or judgements have if not based on facts?

I think that the hospital was hit by a Hamas rocket that fell short. When I first heard reports of hundreds being killed outside the hospital I thought there must have been multiple bombs dropped by the Israeli air force to injure so many. Then I saw the one small crater a few centimetres deep...

When do these 'sensible groups' estimate this will happen?