I don't know why another richard has chosen to single out Tusk in particular, but if Europe is going to find its way out of this dangerous moment then he's right that at least one European … (View Post)

I'm supportive in principle of the Europe intervening directly and doing what is needed to help Ukraine win as quickly as possible, but I have my doubts as to the ability of European armies to d… (View Post)

Throughout the whole war Europe has been obsessed with finding an "offramp" for Putin, trying to work out what we can offer him that he would accept. They've completely misunderstood h… (View Post)

They'll accept it only because they'd fear that not accepting it would lead to a worse outcome, which would indicate a pessimistic assessment of their chances if the US turns against them, … (View Post)

Not going to take this sort of thing seriously when the US administration is so keen to do business with Russia - y'know, an actual imperialist aggressor country invading a European democracy an… (View Post)