Some guys in the next street to me which was horrendously potholed five or so years ago spray painted massive penis shapes on the road surface next to the holes. Council were there within days. (View Post)

Niall Ferguson @nfergus But Operation Epic Fury differs from Operation Iraqi Freedom. The goal is not to march into Iran and confer, much less impose, freedom on the Iranians. It is to decapitate the… (View Post)

Someone asked about Congress earlier. "When it came to military affairs, the Constitution separated the power to declare war from the power to command the military. The short way of describing t… (View Post)

Middle East expert from Atlantic Council: A Succession Vacuum The death of President Ebrahim Raisi — widely viewed as a leading candidate for succession — deepened the uncertainty. Names previously m… (View Post)

Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en Putin expressed his condolences regarding the death of Khamenei. He said it was "a cynical murder that violated all norms of human morality and international … (View Post)