Nuclear weapons would be a poor deterrent against against China blockading the ports or using conventional troops. They are only really a useful deterrent in preventing someone else using nuclear wea… (View Post)

Should Trump win the nomination, it’s hard to see how he would lose against Biden or Harris. The Democrat hierarchy must surely realise this and be prepared to push someone else? Robert has a far bet… (View Post)

It’s a fractured place that barely exists as a country. Bill Polk described it as a vast plain of randomly scattered ping pong balls, with each ball representing a different village with its own fief… (View Post)

It will be difficult for Trump to claim much credit from this either. But what he might be able to argue is that his plan depended on facts on the ground and that he would have long reversed course w… (View Post)

And the Taliban have now entered Kabul… I’m often told that it doesn’t matter than Biden is senile, he has good people running the show. Who are these people? Who will take responsibility for the imp… (View Post)