But troop discipline is the responsibility of states. One bad actor, who is suitably tracked down and punished, is one thing, and you could argue the state was not at fault. This level of raping, loo… (View Post)

Evolution does result in some extinctions, but also in a lot of previously dominant species surviving in smaller niche environments. (View Post)

What comes after this war? And interesting read from an exiled Russian intellectual. The Russian Federation falls apart. Muscovy and a separate St Petersburg state, and then east of the Urals fragmen… (View Post)

Should it have been the Hastings of Battle? (View Post)

Thought it interesting that the Irish are reporting this: "Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly in a near-constant state of frustrated rage at his army’s appalling incompetence." … (View Post)