Ask the shades of the last Ming and first Qing emperors whether or not imperialism works. If you're the guy in charge (and on some circumstances, his followers), then conquest absolutely pays. And th… (View Post)

I don't think we can write off the US completely (except for the rest of Trump' term). It still quite possible the MAGA crew gets thrown out wholesale, and the US tries to pick up the threads of its … (View Post)

Germany just gave RR a very big engine order. Rolls-Royce hat vom Rüstungsunternehmen KNDS einen Großauftrag zur Lieferung von über 300 mtu-Antrieben des Typs MB 873 Ka-501 für den Antrieb neuer Leop… (View Post)

Many people ranting about the EU don't know much about the bloody history of this continent (or conveniently ignore it) The EU is barely 30 years old, and its precursor, the EEC, almost 70. Before th… (View Post)

Rampell: "A whole new generation of flim-flam artists has been born, including not just Trump's own children, but the children of the entire Trump administration. Call them second generation gri… (View Post)