Monthly Archives: August 2021

Here is the “problematic” regarding Stalin: In the West, he is considered to be a mass murderer who almost destroyed his own country. Various accounts put him on a par with Hitler. Stalin is associated with “terror,” a system of … Continue reading →

Or: some historical perspective on the U.S. failure in Afghanistan The Romans were able to conquer and hold Gaul (today mostly France), much of what became Germany, a lot of North Africa, and Britain up to Hadrian’s Wall in the … Continue reading →

So let’s suppose that Vladimir Putin is all that the western media and officials (post Trump) say he is: aggressor, killer, egomaniac, goon. Why then doesn’t Aleksei (Alexei, if you like) get more support in Russia? Back in February, when … Continue reading →