A security guarantee Ukraine has to pay for. Protection money. (View Post)

Ukraine has really had a shitty time of it. One of the most dumped-on nations in history. Decimated by deliberate famine under Stalin, one of the biggest sources of war dead in WW2, under the Soviet … (View Post)

Snark even now. On this subject. Tiresome. The answer (though why do I bother?) is it’s done a huge amount with sanctions and asset seizures thought it could do more, and militarily it varies by memb… (View Post)

Fpt Ukraine has really had a shitty time of it. One of the most dumped-on nations in history. Decimated by deliberate famine under Stalin, one of the biggest sources of war dead in WW2, under the Sov… (View Post)

I’m in the (minority, or silent majority?) view that thinks the government probably got it about right overall, in the grander scheme of things. If we ignore the lockdown parties. The problems in our… (View Post)