We need to snap out of the delusion that this gives us some kind of soft power advantage, or to believe that other countries will be encouraged follow our example. (View Post)

That's very kind. Doesn't he have any friends to talk to? (View Post)

The defenestration of Boris Johnson at the peak of the war was a huge gift to Putin and a massive act of self-indulgence on the part of the British elite. He was the only statesman from the old West … (View Post)

He had an oven-ready policy. (View Post)

Counterfactual time: either Clinton or McCain would have been much tougher on Russia than Obama was. (View Post)