We can do the comparison with the US in the only way that matters - deployable military power. Look at what they were able to do in Venezuela, at the Furness they are assembling to attack Iran now, w… (View Post)

I think that would increase the internal bunfights and make cooperation between the services more difficult. I can understand people wanting to ensure that the money we spend is spent more effectivel… (View Post)

The latest figures from NATO on defence spending (pdf) are interesting to look at. There are obviously some countries that are responding with an appropriate level of seriousness in terms of rapidly … (View Post)

Some people only bother to do alternate updates to cut down on the disruption. Perhaps the same effect is in play here - wait until KWV and then they only have to update the machine once. (View Post)

One of the weird things about the TV news is that it's nearly always the same length. Doesn't matter whether it's a busy news day, like most of them recently, or if it was a more munda… (View Post)