The question then becomes whether the mid-ranking officers and officials see it as being in their interests to take on not just the USA and Israel, but every major power who will be hurt by that. (View Post)

It makes sense to offer authoritarian rulers the option of a comfortable retirement. (View Post)

Even Russia is now scraping the bottom of the barrel, in terms of recruitment. Either Putin has to accept an armistice along current lines, or else start conscription in the Moscow/St. Petersburg cor… (View Post)

A plan? Plans are for pussies. (View Post)

I enjoyed watching a podcast, recently, by Sean Gabb, in which he explained, pretty convincingly, that Nero’s downfall was caused, not by his excesses, but by a financial crisis. The cost of the Boud… (View Post)