Agreed on the first point. On the second, I don't see any face-saving way out for Russia. The Ukrainians won't accept Russia being allowed to keep its ill gotten gains, and Russia's neighbours to the… (View Post)

Russia has a gigantic nuclear arsenal and control of it rests in the hands of a delusional, megalomaniacal, paranoid fascist lunatic. And if, pray God, the bastard dies before he decides to go down i… (View Post)

The Chinese regime is dreadful, but it does at least have the advantage of being led by rational actors with clearly defined and comprehensible aims, even if we don't agree with them. If Xi were anyt… (View Post)

The electorate doesn't understand that. The electorate understands "Don't you dare touch my money!" It understands "But I paid my taxes?!" It understands "I am a special sunf… (View Post)

Even if that is true, the public desire to spend money on anything extends only as far as that money is extracted from someone who isn't them. The nanosecond any Government goes after the gigantic st… (View Post)