The USA is behaving as though it doesn't need allies - which might actually have been a plausible outlook c.1946, when the USA produced nearly 50% of world GDP, but is not sustainable today. Tak… (View Post)

It is incredibly good value for money - viewed in terms of cold realpolitik. Russia has proved itself relentlessly hostile towards our interests. (View Post)

Was it not, pre-1945, always a cornerstone of British foreign policy, that no one power should become dominant in Europe? (View Post)

Once the USA turned its back on NATO, increased defence spending became an inevitability. Better to be increasing it, when Russia is down 800,000 men, and 10,000 armoured vehicles, than when it isn&#… (View Post)

The answer is yes. Had Hitler been satisfied with the Sudetenland, no one would have intervened. But, the Nazis' economy was heading for bankruptcy, by that point. Hitler needed war. And, the an… (View Post)