Any power of any size had an imperial mindset up till 1950 or so. Right of Conquest was an accepted term of international law. And, the USA and China certainly act as if the strong do as they will, t… (View Post)

Good. (View Post)

On a slightly related note, I was gob-smacked when I read the unabridged version of the Three Musketeers, a few years ago, to find out that D'Artagnan raped Milady de Winter (and thought it all … (View Post)

In practical terms, it would be. Had the Baltic States not been admitted to NATO, they would now have been reoccupied by Russia. (View Post)

That's all based on the assumption that the ex-Soviet States, and Eastern European nations, aren't "real" countries, but rather, their destiny is to be part of a Greater Russia. I… (View Post)