"I know we're killing your leaders and blowing up your military but please can you be reasonable and not hurt our oil?" It's ridiculous. If you want to start a war then you either… (View Post)

Jonathan Powell clearly has no experience at diplomacy compared to the real estate developers in Trump's adminstration. (View Post)

How much do these killings matter strategically? I'd have assumed there's a long list of people who can step in to replace those killed. (View Post)

I would go further and any kind of help we give is akin to facilitating a drug addict with some financial 'help' that just ends up helping them get their next fix and extend the problem. We… (View Post)

Nah just reduce energy usage and accept higher costs until new energy sources (or pipes) come online to stabilise things. Russia is an existential threat. High energy prices due to the Strait closing… (View Post)