The tragedy for Welby is that this will probably come to define his time as AoC. I don't think he's been particularly good in the role, but he will now be remembered for this. If he has sai… (View Post)

And as a counterpoint to this, to show how the administration is going to go: Musky Baby replied "Interesting" to a post proclaiming: "Jeffrey Sachs explains how the US and NATO provok… (View Post)

The grain deal might be instructive. A deal that was somewhat pro-Russian, but advantageous to both. Which was then broken, and not extended, by Russia. Yet grain is flowing across the Black Sea - ma… (View Post)

I have to ask again: by "eastern provinces", do you mean just the territory of them that Russia currently controls, or all of them, including territory (and people!) that are Ukrainian. And… (View Post)

Invasion isn't Russia's full aim. Russia has two ways of gaining 'control' over a territory. Its first is political: to get into place a leadership, and preferably population, tha… (View Post)