According to Wikipedia the US used to have 6,000 military personnel at its base in Greenland, but since the Cold war this has been reduced to just 150. So, obviously, the public statements about need… (View Post)

I don't think it was quite that bad. I think I was sceptical of Harris' chances and I don't recall being denounced as a Trump apologist. There was definitely a lot of wishful thinking … (View Post)

Sure. I'm not saying that it is well-conceived, or that it will turn out to be a success, or anything like that. I just don't think that there's a parallel with Iraq 2003. There's… (View Post)

Henry VIII was supposedly very anxious about how things would turn out after he was gone. Imagine how he might react to a brief overview of English history in the centuries that followed! But then, m… (View Post)

Yes, that is a fair parallel. The big difference is that US troops aren't occupying Venezuela - a lot of people seem to be acting as though they are - and so a lack of a plan is most likely to l… (View Post)