I'm a historian. I know how dangerous it is to throw people to the wolves, in the hope that they'll eat you last. There is no deal to be done. What Trump wants is his own version of Molotov… (View Post)

I could understand, if not approve, the US saying goodbye to Ukraine. It's their making common cause with Russia, by any measure a far weaker power than the USA, that is so despicable. (View Post)

That is my view. It's using your left hand to chop off your right. (View Post)

It’s worth noting the fate of the nation that coined the expression “the strong do as they will, the weak as they must.” Twelve years later, Athens had lost its empire, faced starvation, and was surr… (View Post)

It’s not really transactional though, for that would imply that one follows through, on one’s own commitments. And, it’s naively short-sighted, for it assumes that other nations won’t react according… (View Post)