Then I'm afraid your memory is either defective, or, more likely, highly selective. - the Nazi-Soviet Pact and the reaction on the western Left, a large part of which devoted the next two years … (View Post)

I take it you mean a Britain-in-1940 attitude, not a Belgium-in-1940, Netherlands-in-1940, Denmark-in-1940, USA-in-1940, USSR-in-1940, Ireland-in-1940 or France-in-1940 attitude. (View Post)

... though I'm increasingly wondering if much of NATO will be an asset to them ... (View Post)

Let's hope it's an example to the Americans and (non-Baltic and non-Polish) Europeans. And that he gets similarly serious about the dire state our own armed forces are in. But yes, briefly,… (View Post)

On the competition, why is there no question on who will win the Russian presidential election? I for one am on tenterhooks. (View Post)