Because Russia has two separate strands of power projection: *) Firstly they interfere politically, in a big way. *) If the people reject their interference, they go for a more militaristic approach.… (View Post)

I wonder why Hitler-loving Musk is promoting the other side? (View Post)

Some Israelis, sadly including some in government, would disagree. They see either the Palestinians as an existential threat, or covet Palestinian lands, They are as much "from the river to the … (View Post)

Yet it was meant to be a 'tripwire'. Hence its name. And the US's massive heavy-lift systems to get forces over to Europe PDQ. Russia is not the old USSR, as we see currently in Ukrain… (View Post)

It's probably a revival of an old Cold war idea: the tripwire force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force (View Post)