Trump’s victory polarised everybody. But if Trump fails, even the delight of his most diehard critics will regress to a worse upset. Trumpist delight is little reported in mainstream media. Instead we see rallies of the enraged claiming Trump discriminates against them. But there’s little of the usual political apathy. I hope that, dodgy hairstyles apart, we’re seeing a […]
Today’s US reactions to Russia’s alleged hacker support for the Republican election campaign show us how NOT to counter a cyber attack campaign. Don’t reveal you know you’ve been attacked. Don’t tell anybody that you know how it was done. Don’t identify the organisations involved, especially if they’re operating on your own soil. Don’t tell
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Using military force requires considerable thought beforehand. Planning for afterwards doesn’t seem to be part of the USA’s war-fighting approach. The Americans invaded Iraq with no plan for rebuilding the country, and so created what seems to be a failed state. How long after withdrawal will it take for Afghanistan to be re-taken by the Taliban –
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