“Tactics without strategy is just the noise before defeat.” I can see no strategy here, and we would simply be throwing lives away for no reason, if we got involved. It may be that we, and other powe… (View Post)

Not to mention that the ultra-loon in Texas is utterly corrupt. I have lost count of the number of high profile races which the Republicans have lost in my lifetime, because their primary voters deci… (View Post)

And, higher oil and gas prices won’t help Putin that much given Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil installations, the damage that inflation will do to the rest of Russia’s economy, and the growing shor… (View Post)

Something has shifted, in this conflict, since the start of the year. People will endure almost any level of hardship, if they see a war as existential (eg Spain in 1808-14, Vietnam in 1946-75, the U… (View Post)

The Conservatives’ cratering in Red Walll/working class seats, but holding firm in posher/rural seats might be what saves them. (View Post)