Fascists have never produced enduring economic gains. The best they can do is a brittle overheated war economy.

I want to be clear, leftists are economically clueless but they have good intentions. The far-right is far more economically destructive and with far worse motives. This is true globally.

People make a lot of noise about leftists being economically illiterate, and they are, but no one talks about how much right-wing economic strategy is just pure emotionalized dogma.

And that’s assuming regional NATO allies didn’t jump in, let alone the Germans, French, or British.

In all seriousness, her having the affect of a kooky aunt has definitely gone some way toward helping people dismiss the fact that she’s europe’s most successful neo-fascist.

Nuclear deterrent and lack of desire for longterm nation building is what keeps the Russian regime in power.

This is why the whole “NATO encroachment” thing is so stupid and patently false. If NATO really wanted to capture Russian territory or force a regime change they could. It would be disruptive but an offensive action by NATO could take Moscow and topple Putin fairly easily.

Fins might join in for fun, the Germans wouldn’t have to get out of bed.

This borders on rogue nation behavior. Even the currently schizophrenic U.S. has signaled support for the transitional government.

It’s beginning to seem like the goal is not a regional realignment away from Iran and its proxies but rather sustained regional chaos.

Very clear the Netanyahu sees an opportunity to reset the table in the region (crushing Hamas, decapitating Hezbollah, bombing Iran) but Syria has already had a regime change that’s favorable to Israeli interests.