It would be naive, certainly, to think that the USA has been spending billions of dollars overseas, since 1949, as an act of pure altruism. In cash terms, it's generally cheaper for the US to st… (View Post)

I’d say there as many awful women as there are awful men, in our society. A lawyer tends to see human nature at its most dark. (View Post)

Bullying this country, Canada, and Europe into spending more on the military, and not freeloading off the USA, is perfectly fair and reasonable (Ireland should be bullied, as well). Turning allies in… (View Post)

This was a good result for Germany. Mertz ought to have been the Union leader 20 years ago, not the hapless Merkel. (View Post)

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)