There will certainly be pressure inside Ukraine to go nuclear. I think they generally see the Budapest memorandum as a naive mistake that they bitterly regret now. And the logic follows. If other cou… (View Post)

One thing that has not been discussed is the division within the Republican party. Many of those elected to Congress are Reaganite republicans. The staunchest Ukrainian supporters (as well as enemies… (View Post)

Hopefully we will have Chancellor Merz in place in Germany by the spring and he seems keen on supplying Taurus. (View Post)

We need to get across that Putin is not in a strong position. Relying on North Korean troops to get Ukraine off Russian territory is a sign of weakness not strength. The fact he seems keen to negotia… (View Post)

Too many people seem to have considered that in the Ukraine war there is a binary choice. Either Ukraine wins by reclaiming all its sovereign territory by force or there is a negotiated settlement wh… (View Post)