I think a lot of what drives the behaviour of the current US administration, a reversion to US exceptionalism and isolationism, is the slowly dawning realisation that no matter what they do China wil… (View Post)

The complete lack of urgency to increase defence spending is one area where Starmer is unquestionably fucking up big time. (View Post)

Anyone who finds what is happening to be okay is probably suffering from the same sort of issues that clearly afflict Trump. He's saying stuff that is properly nuts, with no need to qualify that… (View Post)

Today? No. But if Trump does use military force against Greenland or Canada, which he has said are options, I would certainly expect that to be the end of any alliance with the US, the US out of NATO… (View Post)

That would be fine if people were competent to deal with things themselves or even aware of what is happening, but many people either aren't aware or if they are aware they can't manage the… (View Post)