With the Russians and the Iranians kicked out along with Assad, then the future of Syria is up to Syrians to an extent that it has not been for a very long time. They might still fail, but that'… (View Post)

I used to have my thermostat set to 17C, and turn it down overnight. Then we left it on 17C, but used the timer on the boiler to only have it come on for a few periods during the day - this was becau… (View Post)

If the Russians could offer investment in upgraded civilian port facilities in exchange for keeping the naval base, then there would be a reason for the new government to do a deal. Rebuilding the ec… (View Post)

This is getting annoying now. Please don't do it. (View Post)

Multiple US officials were predicting that Assad might only have a week left, hours before it was all over. Our ability to predict these sorts of events is poor. (View Post)