@Lewdog89; despite Australia's increasingly oppressive media...

@Lewdog89; despite Australia's increasingly oppressive media censorship regime we've seen entire cities throughout the Middle East being reduced to rubble and the inhabitants thereof forced to flee for their lives.

If that ain't 'scorched earth' I'll eat my hat!

As for your denial and apparent attempt to downplay the extent to which the Middle east has been transformed to a Hell on Earth; that's for you to reconcile.

I wonder which countries will eventually offer funding at exorbitant interest rates and volunteer their corporations to do the rebuilding …. my guess is the same ones offering to help North Korea.