For the nut job wing of the Republicans, every dollar sent to Ukraine is a dollar that could be used for corporate welfare, and reducing the tax bills of the wealthiest 0.5% of the population. (View Post)

"Realists" take the view that Eastern Europe needs a gendarme, and that gendarme is Russia. (View Post)

See it like 12 months out from the 2010 GE. Here and there, were polls for Labour that were slightly encouraging, amidst the mass of bad polling. Slowly, the lead narrowed. (View Post)

You'll always need boots on the ground. Drones are great for inflicting complete destruction. But, sometimes, complete destruction is not what you're looking for. (View Post)

Well, it did exclude women, metics, men under 30, and slaves, about 85% of the adult population in total. Greek democracy was essentially the assembly of the army (and navy, in the case of Athens), m… (View Post)