If these figures are anywhere near correct, the short to medium term strategic cost of the Iran adventure is considerable. Approximate estimates of percentages of U.S. munitions expended in Iran war,… (View Post)

Why quite so dismissive of the BBC's local reporting ? It's the sort of thing you would once have found in the local paper, which doesn't exist anymore. They have genuinely interesting… (View Post)

Another abortive coup ? (View Post)

It is immensely sad. Sympathy. (View Post)

It's not a big deal in this particular case, but how vetting works/doesn't work (and the suggestion that the more important you are, the less attention is paid to it), is actually a pretty … (View Post)