Good morning everyone. The problem that still exists will be how to manage such developments after occupation - expertise has to come from somewhere, and: 1 - Up front payments (ie commuted sums) are… (View Post)

TBH I think they have already done 25-50 years worth of damage (measured as time to recover materially) in abolishing USAID with no run out whatsoever, and all the rest. The USA won't be trusted… (View Post)

JUST IN: Elon Musk says he agrees it is time for the US to leave NATO and the UN https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1896046033853169812 It's worth PBers noting that "The Spectator Index&qu… (View Post)

Correct. It's a very well known problem, that we already encountered a year or more ago with Storm Shadow, with Biden saying "not over Russia". There were reports in summer 2024 about … (View Post)

Interesting perspective from Anders Puck Neilson: Trump and Vance had got themselves into a pickle by imagining they could do a quick fix to an intractable situation they had not found out about, and… (View Post)