I imagine that what Trump and his clique have in mind is a grand bargain whereby (a) Putin gets a free hand in Eastern Europe, so long as the US gets mineral rights (b) the US gets a free hand in the… (View Post)

I agree with some of Vance’s diagnosis. But, his remedy is to turn the US into a kleptocracy, in a world of kleptocracies. (View Post)

Yes. He assumes that other countries won’t get the message that they’re living in a jungle world, and react accordingly. European nations and Canada, pushing up defence expenditure may well be a case… (View Post)

Cynicism, and alienation of Western populations towards their governments, suits the purposes of the world’s dictators perfectly. If our leaders don’t think that their societies are worth defending, … (View Post)

The plan was to “keep buggering on.” What other plan in war can there be? (View Post)