ALL GUNS, NO BUTTER is no way to head into the midterms.

This will surely rally the people of the UK to pressure their government to join in the fight.

We can only hope. I don't think most folks cosplaying soldiers in law enforcement understand how much grunts hate cops, to say nothing of ICE.

"This is like asking a tarantula to watch your laptop. It won’t help, and now everyone is scared. No, I’m sorry. This is unfair to tarantulas, who are not known for their racial profiling."

Brilliant. A 'broken windows' approach that is positive instead of punitive.

Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

A fantastic discussion on civilian military relations with a great American. A stark reminder of how much better the world would be if there were more Eisenhower Republicans in American politics. Buy The State and the Soldier and read it! www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @kschake.bsky.social

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”

“If war is a game, then it’s pretty easy to press start.” wapo.st/4bvzfyu

Today's New Yorker cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers

Chat, who made this chart? (It was not (((academics)))))

As former CNO William Pratt said of Iwo Jima in 1945: "The expenditure of manpower to acquire a small, God-forsaken island, useless to the Army as a staging base and useless to the Navy as a fleet base ...." That expenditure, by the way, was almost 7000 dead Americans.

“Power does not grow out of the barrel of a gun, cruelty is not the same as strength, and a politics built on such ideas promises ruin, delusion about the limits of our power and a betrayal of the promise of our founding.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

Markwayne Mullin never served in the U.S. military - no enlistment, no deployment, no combat. Yet he talks about the “smell of war” and hints at secret missions, letting people think he’s a combat veteran. The Washington Post called it "implied valor".

He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.

1st non-classist, rational explanation for the Navy's officer-centric culture I've ever heard. The funniest culture clash to ever occur was a young Ensign on a carrier thinking he could boss a Ranger Regt. Platoon Sergeant (E-7) into some kind of deck clean-up detail on a carrier. Nearly a homicide.

This drama led me to check out Twitter for the first time in over a year … worse than I imagined it could be and my expectations were very low. Godspeed @ryanevans.bsky.social and @bradduplessis.bsky.social

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Nadia Schadlow, Trump’s former Deputy National Security Adviser, hasn’t read the Constitution

No. American exceptionalism means you can do that kind of thing without consequence.

On the first day of this war, the US bombed a school with almost the same exact death toll as when Timothy McVeigh bombed the daycare center of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. And our leaders wonder why Iran doesn't surrender immediately.

2 kids, champion mariachi musicians, went from props to prisoners because that’s what served Rep De La Cruz’s & the Trump regime’s interests. This ICE abuse was kept quiet until TX CD-15 candidate Bobby Pulido & independent journalist, Cecilia Bali brought it to light. Free the Gámez-Cuéllar family!

So here we are. I’ve now reposted one of the advocates for the war Iraq.

This is an actual Pentagon press release. “An Army believed to be casualty…the believed to be death”

We are not at war with Iran, although we have been for the last 50 years.

When we are targeting anyone flying the flag of a foreign country, whether or not they present an immediate threat, that is an act of war whether we are calling it one or not.

You know what else they discuss in CGSOC? War crimes. Ethics. Jus ad AND en bello. You know who didn’t attend CGSOC?

Today is our 14th birthday. From making your dad lose his mind, to embarrassing members of Congress and the Presidential cabinet, we can't thank all of you enough for your inability to read past the headline. We'd be nothing without our readers. Here's to 14 more.

Simply batshit. The Kurds will follow their own interest while simultaneously playing the US for all the $ they can get (no judgement - it is what they’ve always done, and it is easy)

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were. These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

“What we did in Venezuela, I think, is the perfect, the perfect scenario,” Mr. Trump said. no notes.

Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea.

Given that being in such a predicament in the first place is a sign that things have gone terribly wrong, a wiser set of US military leaders who took their oaths to the Constitution seriously would have already developed a much stronger and more active relationship with Congress than what exists now

A song for today open.spotify.com/track/5xIVA7...

Writing an article under a pseudonym that parrots the preferences of those in power seemed baffling - like normally reserved for fearful dissidents … but this makes sense. Save the rag further embarrassment.

10/ "Our country turned out to be not the strongest, or even powerful, but weak—in military matters, in governance, in technology, in diplomacy, and in information.

There’s a personality type that enjoys jumping up on command.

“Military operations look quick and easy — right until they are not,” said @jkdemp.bsky.social. “What we did in Venezuela was such a unique operation, and a one-off. And even that — I’m not sure it will turn out fine.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

On Feb. 19, 1942, German soldiers marched through Winnipeg. The mayor, premier and Lt. Governor were arrested, and the city was renamed Himmlerstadt. Books were burned, and the German flag flew across the city. This is the story of Winnipeg's If Day. 🧵 1/12

vibe ad bellum

This is not a defense of war against Iran, which I've stated on multiple occasions would be illegal and counterproductive, but also possibly catastrophically successful if it topples the regime with no stabilization plan in place. But we need to be clear-eyed about the balance of forces. 5/Ends

The judge is also stating that South Korean society as a whole has suffered immeasurable damage due to Yoon's insurrection, a cost that the entire nation must now bear.

The American decoupling of rights and responsibilities continues

“The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.”

fun fact: the people at Jawaharlal Nehru University did a research project and there is a proven correlation between which of these countries is doing more over the border shelling and which country most recently lost to the other at cricket.