Over on Alt-history forum, someone got banned for suggesting the Soviets under Stalin were as bad as the Germans under Hitler. But they weren't wrong. We give the Soviets in the 1930s and 1940s a mas… (View Post)

Yes. Authoritarian dictatorships always get high on their own supply. The leader, who was good for the first few years then believes they are invincible and does stupid things. No one tells him other… (View Post)

Thanks for the mention as one the 'button likers'. So what's your answer then? Zelensky resigns? Would that mean Ukraine stops fighting? And if losing 100,000 men is senseless, what is losing 200,000… (View Post)

Appreciating that there is a Czechoslovakian precedent for other countries ceding territory on another's behalf (we'll leave you to decide whether that worked in the longer term or not), just in 1938… (View Post)

It's been discussed quite a depth over on Alternative History forum. It seems its a combination of: 1. Can't hurt the Russians - we bashed 'em around in WWII, so we owe them big time. 2. The Soviet U… (View Post)