The only way to deter nuclear war is with the promise of retaliation.
But if George W. Bush was wrong to try and export democracy to Muslims, what on earth made Europe think it was a good idea to import millions of Muslims who don’t like democracy?
Irish voters are already open to increased military spending. Once you have conceded that point, everything else likely falls into place.
Zelensky was there, not as a leader in his own right, but as a prop for the Trump show.
And if it must be opposed, it should be opposed on stronger grounds than “the public cannot be trusted”.
Good opposition makes the Government better. That is how it is supposed to work.
But Ireland can hardly complain about the refusal to admit Boylan to Israel while it maintains the absurd fiction that Ireland itself might put Netanyahu in chains and bring him to justice.
Apple Cider Vinegar – both the show and the product – should remind us that there are significant positive things to be said about male fecklessness, carelessness, and general skepticism than the culture often admits.
Spare us the cottage industry of snake-oil salesmen.
I do think the influence of computer games on young men in particular is a net positive.
Why is this left-wing radicalisation of young women happening concurrently with a similar (though less dramatic) shift right amongst young men? Answers on a postcard please.
The simple answer to the question of “why should Irish young men be prepared to die to defend Latvia” is that the defence of Latvia is, in fact, a vital Irish national interest.