Avoiding blame for Trump will take some mental gymnastics of epic proportions, but US Republicans have already shown themselves to be well capable of those, to almost counter-democratic and dizzying … (View Post)

So many of the pictures of the Taliban forces look so young. I doubt many of them remember the 1990s or 2000s. (View Post)

The Americans have had some time to organise air support by now, on the other hand. All the people who are there may just get out. (View Post)

Cultural confusion and lack of cultural self-confidence is very far from solely attributable to the left. Fundamentalist free-market thinking, particularly as it affects the mass media, broadcasting,… (View Post)

His fans will believe black is white, so they'll believe that. Considering Trump told his generals he wanted the same thing done even faster, and the concept of Trump's deal with the Taliba… (View Post)