Most war criminals/criminals against humanity are not like Dirlewanger or Beria, albeit war and revolution gives such creatures the chance to come to the fore. They’re Browning’s “ordinary men”, whic… (View Post)

You’re flattering Farage, if you compare him to someone as inspirational as Zelensky. (View Post)

And, as you pointed out, Ukraine is potentially another liberal/social democratic state, upon the sacred soil of the USSR. Far right, far left, hardline Indian nationalists, all jump through intellec… (View Post)

This is a war where the rights and wrongs are clear-cut. Not only does Russia have no casus belli, the conduct of its soldiers is considerably worse than that of the Ukrainians. (View Post)

The big weakness of autocracies is that people can’t give bad news to their superiors. Whereas, to succeed, you need to hear bad news as soon as possible. (View Post)