They hate IS, in the typical way of splits between fanatics, but also, from what I've read today, in the more hopeful possibility that some of the current taliban leadership think they were too … (View Post)

Yes, she's great. Also Lindsay Hilsum on Channel 4 News. (View Post)

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)