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)

SNA, SDF, HTS, the US-backed group near Palmyra, the southern rebels (but they might be affiliated to HTS). We'll see. It's notable that the SNA are backed by Turkey. In these situations there's gene… (View Post)

Britain is not so rich a country with so much surplus money that it can afford to bung normal pensioners extra cash for fuel on top of the state pension. The government need to win the argument on th… (View Post)