I'm sure no-one on this site would ever be pedantic on these matters, but one can also say that the Soviet Union's week-long rout of the Japanese in Manchuria should also be included, leadi… (View Post)

I hear that Putin hates the comparison because in 1,418 days, Stalin got from Moscow to Berlin against the much more formidable Nazi army, while Putin has managed to advance about 30 miles in Donetsk… (View Post)

Various glaring omissions. In my naughty list Vladimir Putin would make at least 2 of the top 5 places. No doubt AMW's behaviour hasn't been exactly flawless, but I must have missed his war… (View Post)

That's what comes of thinking there is such a place as "Europe", and that it somehow equates to the EU. Northern Europe, the Netherlands and Poland have done just fine, France, Germany… (View Post)

It depends what you mean by "leader". They were good at inspiring people, bad at delivering their promises. Obama achieved essentially nothing in eight years, apart from a half-baked health… (View Post)