By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 August 2024
Russia and Hawaii: A Case of Colonialism Gone Sideways
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Category Archives: History
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Arab Statements of Exterminationist Intent Before the 1967 War
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 June 2024
Israel pre-emptively struck against the Arab armies massing on her borders on 5 June 1967 and routed them by 10 June. The intention of the Arab States in 1967 had been plainly expressed over nearly twenty years. After the pan-Arab invasion had failed to destroy the Jewish State in 1948, Arab leaders—speaking directly and through their State-run media—made clear that they intended to wage another war that would succeed in eliminating Israel. As the Arab armies moved into position in May 1967, the Arab governments openly proclaimed that this was that long-awaited war.
Below is a far-from-exhaustive compilation of Arab statements in the lead-up to the Six-Day War:
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Was Anyone Shot on the Titanic?
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 April 2024
James Cameron’s 1997 film, Titanic, has a scene showing First Officer William Murdoch shooting several male passengers who try to force their way onto the final lifeboats just before the ship sinks and then shooting himself. This caused great controversy with the Murdoch family because it picked at a wound that was already nearly a century old. The story of Murdoch killing himself originates from survivor testimony in the immediate aftermath of the disaster in April 1912, and it was denied just as quickly by Charles Lightoller, the Second Officer and most senior crewman to live, who was loading the lifeboats on the other side of the ship.
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