West Point is in New York. Virginia had VMI (the Virginia Military Institute), but it really wasn’t in the same class and also wasn’t operated by the U.S. government. Ultimately, no matter how much inner guilt he felt, Lee betrayed his oath as an officer in the U.S. Army and took up arms against the soldiers he once…

Nitpick: You mentioned Europe could do more in supporting NATO operations and cited Belgium’s contribution to CJTF-OIR. Operation Inherent Resolve is not a NATO-related military effort. While nearly all NATO members have contributed some personnel or materiel, it was not authorized or organized by NATO and therefore…

If Britain’s rule over Hong Kong allows it to still be considered an empire until 1997, then its rule over Gibraltar, Bermuda, the Falklands, Diego Garcia, and the Soveriegn areas of Cyprus would seem to be an argument that it still is.

What’s a rogue demon(ologist)?

Given that the show made such a deliberate point to place Deanna’s abandon all hope other son on top of the wall, it seems likely that the blood implies that he killed himself. As kind of a counterpoint to Deanna’s journey in the episode and to push her to rock bottom.

Except the scenes - especially of Ash cutting off his own hand - were from Evil Dead 2. He survives Evil Dead 1 with both hands.