. I'm merely quoting his later analysis. Nixon was a crook, but the idea that we were "betrayed" by the US is absurd, since we didn't even inform them of what we were going to do.… (View Post)

FPT Essentially, they aren't. CV90 was pretty well ready just to manufacture. All BAE needed to do was build a plant in the UK (Newcastle was their proposal). As I said, I think the MoD just ass… (View Post)

It's an interesting question. On the one hand, Trump is now as unpopular as he's ever been, and his betrayal of Ukraine polls even worse. So if MAGA are kicked out eventually, then a shift … (View Post)

. The comparison is foolish. Suez faced strong domestic opposition, as well as US resistance. And it was launched without consultation, and directly undermined US foreign policy, at the time of the S… (View Post)

We can barely muster a couple of brigades, let alone divisions. (View Post)