RatherBeBrewing

I had originally written a long explanation (shocking, I know) of how aid includes military transfers and the accounting associated with that, the disastrous SOAE miscalculation of the Nunn-Lugar Act… (View Post)

First off, it should be noted that nine of the eleven banned parties are not electorally represented in their parliament. Just fringe types. The other two have merged into one block that has somethin… (View Post)

TLDR: Yes, you’re correct on the re-settlement. Russification. It’s still a factor in today’s conflict. Both Ukraine and Poland are victims of geography, physical and geopolitical. More in depth but … (View Post)

I opposed that war but was also of the “hey at least we’ll get rid of Saddam and they’ll have democracy” mindset. I still can’t judge the accomplishments or lack thereof because I don’t *understand* … (View Post)

You’re right in that the annexation of Crimea was partially due to a weak US State Department and Obama personally. Missing some other stuff, but that Putin knew a feckless response was coming gave h… (View Post)