As I said yesterday you can listen to the people who know — because that $100 billion a year buys a lot of very, very specialist knowledge — or you can just go with the thoughts of one of the dumbest… (View Post)

It probably wouldn't be better, but nobody seriously thinks the problems in the Middle East are just down to Iran. By far the most destabilising factor is the Israeli attitude to Palestinians an… (View Post)

Basically the US has decided to replace the product of a $100 billion a year intelligence system with whatever Trump feels when he wakes up in the morning after another poor night's sleep. I… (View Post)

Thank God that Harris lost, imagine having an emotional woman in charge? She might do something mad like start a bloody great war in the Middle East without thinking through the consequences first. (View Post)

I've never believed that Israel wanted real regime change in Iran. At best a democratic Iran would likely become the dominant power in the region, it's a big country, with a big population,… (View Post)