[E]xpanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold-War era. Such a decision may be expected to inflame the nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion; to have an adverse effect on the development of Russian democracy; to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to East-West relations, and to impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking.
– George Kennan, New York Times, 1997
The Sun Always Sets on the Royal Navy
One of four SLBMs are operational. One of two carriers is operational. Two of seven destroyers are operational. On and on. The Argentinians need to make a deal with Iran for oil, to keep the British busy in the Maldives; then they'll finally have the islands. Luxury...