What follows Putin? Some numbers. In 2020 Russia’s male population aged 20-39 was 15.4% the national total, or about 22 million, which is an imperfect but reasonable proxy of rough pool for fighting.… (View Post)

Hard to understand why the chumleys at the top thought this all a good idea. Whole summer has been wasted. (View Post)

I wish the uk press would just stop printing anything about her. But they love a bit of it don’t they, because they know the mere mention of her raises the blood pressure in their customers and drive… (View Post)

Great. Austerity economics during a recession from the same people who undertook unprecedented monetary and fiscal largesse during a period of full employment. It’s quite hard to credit Sunak backers… (View Post)

A bizarre mix of views there. It seems clear what Ukraine’s strategy is. Use its advantage in long range precision weapons to degrade Russian logistics and command & control, with concentrations … (View Post)