"Terubus put up Portugal as historically reliable - I pointed out that they were a fascist state up to 1974"

Yet ANOTHER Jim Carroll misrepresentation!!!

A number of points Jom:

1: Where exactly did I say that Portugal was "historically reliable" (Whatever that means")

I believe I merely pointed out that Portugal was ENGLAND's oldest ally in Europe - a historical fact.

2: Portugal has been recognised as a sovereign independent state since 1143. Which makes it 874 years old, in that time it was a right wing dictatorship between 1933 and 1974 a total of 41 years or 4.7% of the time it has been an independent country. So Carroll could also have stated and pointed out that Portugal has not been a fascist state for 95.3% of the time that it has been in existence.

What is your point Jom?