The US position was dictated by domestic politics. Before the war, the following was believed, almost universally in the US - - WWI was a stupid, futile European quarrel - It was the kind of thing th… (View Post)

Yes, indeed. The idea that being War Crimey actually works is non existent. Recall the same person snearing at those pointing out that Russian military trucks were using cheap Chinese copies of prope… (View Post)

Note the comments of one of the more noted “realists” here - who would enjoy telling us about how the Russians couldn’t be defeated/stopped because they would transgress all the rules. To a certain k… (View Post)

Now, now Some doctors go all Laffer curve when the government pays so much into their pensions that they get into tax problems. I guess it’s right wing, left wing…. {insert Cabaret tribute act here} (View Post)

Wrong. They have multiple metric tons of plutonium in the cooling ponds at the nuclear power stations. It’s in expended fuel rods - dissolve and precipitate the plutonium. It’s simple chemistry, The … (View Post)