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The nature of this account generally results in posts discussing some of the worst things happening around the world at any given time.
An uplifting change of pace:
I was very proud to see these young men standing fast in defense of our nation's flag. Outstanding, gentlemen.
The nature of this account generally results in posts discussing some of the worst things happening around the world at any given time.
An uplifting change of pace:
I was very proud to see these young men standing fast in defense of our nation's flag. Outstanding, gentlemen.
👇💯 It was ever thus. Allow hostile actors to get away with aggression without exacting consequences for it, and it will be taken as an invitation to escalate.
👇💯 It was ever thus. Allow hostile actors to get away with aggression without exacting consequences for it, and it will be taken as an invitation to escalate.
I usually offer analysis or opinions on these clips. This one leaves me speechless. I cannot fathom how the SecDef can honestly say Europe of all places is safer after the past three years.
I usually offer analysis or opinions on these clips. This one leaves me speechless. I cannot fathom how the SecDef can honestly say Europe of all places is safer after the past three years.
I said this months ago and it's still true today:
The hostages are a stalling/leverage tactic, they always have been. Negotiating prolongs this war and increases Hamas's chances for survival as it mobilizes international pressure against Israel. It also tells every other…
I said this months ago and it's still true today:
The hostages are a stalling/leverage tactic, they always have been. Negotiating prolongs this war and increases Hamas's chances for survival as it mobilizes international pressure against Israel. It also tells every other…
Under no circumstances should we be risking US personnel & spending US money to assist foreign populations that chant "Death to America," & celebrate actions like Oct. 7.
Especially when the US is so indebted it now spends almost as much on interest payments as the military.
Under no circumstances should we be risking US personnel & spending US money to assist foreign populations that chant "Death to America," & celebrate actions like Oct. 7.
Especially when the US is so indebted it now spends almost as much on interest payments as the military.
This is, unfortunately, true. The follow on question, especially to elected members of Congress like @JDVance1 , is to then ask what they’re doing to rebuild that industrial capacity. We can’t just lament the problem & do nothing to fix it.
This is, unfortunately, true. The follow on question, especially to elected members of Congress like @JDVance1 , is to then ask what they’re doing to rebuild that industrial capacity. We can’t just lament the problem & do nothing to fix it.
This is misinformed and unserious thinking about the threat that China poses to Taiwan and U.S. interests:
1. Yes, China does not want a war with the U.S. However, that doesn't mean they won't use force to get what they want if they think that's their only option...
This is misinformed and unserious thinking about the threat that China poses to Taiwan and U.S. interests:
1. Yes, China does not want a war with the U.S. However, that doesn't mean they won't use force to get what they want if they think that's their only option...
This is a ludicrous notion. Just as I don’t want to see US personnel turned into walking targets in Gaza to placate the politicians need to “do something”, I don’t want to see allied troops consigned to a similar fate either.
All they’ll be is attractive targets for terrorists.
This is a ludicrous notion. Just as I don’t want to see US personnel turned into walking targets in Gaza to placate the politicians need to “do something”, I don’t want to see allied troops consigned to a similar fate either.
All they’ll be is attractive targets for terrorists.
European social democracies amassed huge welfare systems last 30 years because they relied on someone else for security (USA), someone else for manufacturing (China), and someone else for cheap commodities (Russia).
What do you think will happen to this model without all of it?
This type of aggression against US assets used to be rare. Because America's enemies were terrified of what they knew the US response would be.
Under increasingly weak and feckless US leadership, the consequences have all but disappeared, and so America is attacked regularly.
This type of aggression against US assets used to be rare. Because America's enemies were terrified of what they knew the US response would be.
Under increasingly weak and feckless US leadership, the consequences have all but disappeared, and so America is attacked regularly.
Good. Disentangling PRC influence and access from TikTok after ByteDance divested would have been a genuine chore and an ongoing security issue. Better to excise this cancer from American life entirely.
Good. Disentangling PRC influence and access from TikTok after ByteDance divested would have been a genuine chore and an ongoing security issue. Better to excise this cancer from American life entirely.
China has the world’s largest Navy—& soon to be the world’s largest Air Force, U.S. Navy Adm Aquilino told Congress.
“The magnitude, scope, & scale of this security challenge cannot be understated.”
Today, the U.S. Air Force is the smallest it’s ever been, writes @defense_news:
Fair warning; this one is brutal.
The EOD folks can tear the technical side of this apart in detail, but what immediately struck me was the total lack of effort by the unwounded survivor to treat the casualties.
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