1940 is after 1939, and in any case, I'm fairly sure the US has had plenty of plans for Iran sitting on the shelf for decades. (View Post)

The predominant dynamic is shifting towards secularisation and modernisation. Some very interesting comments from MBS here: https://x.com/ippatel/status/2029736800001155463 (View Post)

He's flipped Venezuela from being a Russian ally to being a US ally without creating any wider instability. That's a phenomenal foreign policy success whichever way you look at it. (View Post)

So they would be led by the Vichy shahs? (View Post)

Is this interpretation of the interview with John Healey accurate? @Yokes https://x.com/CrusadingOwl/status/2029695037609590950 So rather than deploy our own destroyers in advance of the start of mil… (View Post)