Are you sure the US didn't ask him so he could say no? (View Post)

Kaliningrad is difficult to get to. Unlike Königsberg, which had plenty of bridges. (View Post)

In part. But the ICC has nothing to say about Israel/Palestine, Al-Qaeda; ISIS in the Levant; Myanmar; Xinjiang; Venezuela; Chechnya; or Georgia. You can pick apart WHY if you want, but the removal o… (View Post)

Those weren't under the ICC, they were under the ICT(f)Y (View Post)

I would say, based on the evidence provided, that the Russians did contemplate such a landing, and did turn around, but probably based on a re-assessment of the risk. Very little evidence of a mutiny… (View Post)