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I'm not Italian - my user name is gallows humor at the expense of General Giulio Douhet whose theories about breaking civilian morale brought us intentional WW2 mass terror bombings.

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Has a sovereign Communist government ever run, and conceded loss, on a fair election?

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Is the US unusually prone to walking away from signed treaties/accords?

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What are some examples of Lovecraft's racism in his published short stories?

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Why did Lincoln wait to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Are there any reliable indications on popular sentiment in Afghanistan for/against the Taliban?

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Why does China have so few nuclear weapons?

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Did Shackleton's crew all "miss out" on WW1?

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How do the 99% find meaning in their life?

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What's with the threatened Trump veto due to insufficient individual covid relief?

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Why was the US so pro-China and so anti-Japan before WW2?

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