There was a claim circulating previously that Poland was going to let Ukrainian pilots take off in Polish jets to attack Russian troops from Polish bases, which was a bit surprising for reasons relat… (View Post)

So I've been looking for a good source for that but I haven't found one. Occasionally I see a poll on Twitter but I don't know enough to interpret it. The problem is that Very Online people were alre… (View Post)

What's the policy goal here? Because if the best hope is a palace coup, you want to be sure to leave an offramp, if not for Putin, at least for the other people in the palace. (View Post)

I wonder if the Chinese are starting to regret getting in the crackhead uber. (View Post)

Politically this is the same problem they (and Biden) had with Afghanistan: The voters want refugees when the crisis is the main thing in the news, but at some point they'll get bored with the story … (View Post)