The bad joke is that the Japanese invasion of South East Asia netted them *three* shipments of oil from the conquered territories There never was a Japanese war strategy. The Kwantung Army was defeat… (View Post)

Putin sees the former USSR and Warsaw Pact as rebellious Russian colonies, not as sovereign nations. You may think that is a legitimate viewpoint. I don’t. More pertinently, why should Russia be give… (View Post)

Some of this commentary is silly. Republicans won’t be voting Left to keep out RN in round 2. And centrists will be breaking 50/50 or abstaining. (View Post)

Yet, US public services are worse than those of most rich world countries. For them, austerity is permanent. (View Post)

The US rewards success lavishly, and punishes failure brutally. I think that’s the key to their success. (View Post)