They have. If Bush II had been able to get away with it, he would have done. As it was he became mired in Iraq and Afghanistan, but I think it is fairly clear that plans for striking Iran have been i… (View Post)

We can now reset the “days since Medvedev threatened the world with nuclear fire” counter. It never gets particularly high. (View Post)

I look forward to a considered, well-thought through approach being proposed. (Nope, it’ll be knee-jerk, poorly thought through and legally problematic). (View Post)

The fact is that if the US decides to do it we will clearly give them access to our bases, if requested. No matter of discussions, requests to de-escalate etc will change that - Starmer will jump if … (View Post)

Western rhetoric is getting as bad now as the despots we used to condemn. (View Post)