You’ve probably hit upon a truth there. The LAOC offer a very thin and weak shield to civilians. Growing urbanisation, and the willingness of combatants to embed themselves among civilians, mean that… (View Post)

The same way that in the Peninsular War, the French Empire had a population 4.2 times bigger than that of Spain. Or in the 1960's the USA had a population six times the size of Vietnam's. H… (View Post)

For nomadic, pastoral societies, owning land is as absurd as owning sea or air. Your wealth is your flocks and herds. Land ownership becomes logical once people settle. (View Post)

The modern Conservative Party is just not very good at politics. (View Post)

Ukraine has close to one million men under arms. A few weeks ago, the BBC reported that at the start of the war, the typical Russian death was a 21 year old professional soldier. Now, it's a 34 … (View Post)