Any man or woman who served their country in uniform has a right to speak (as do we all) especially on a new war in the Middle East.

Whoahly shit, it’s almost as if republicans are better at excercising power. youtu.be/ys-0r6sHV8M?...

I mean, was this ever in question? The ball-knower assessment was that they would make things painful in other ways, which hasn't turned out to be the case for other reasons, but I feel like the ball-knower take was the military was worthless beyond missiles (to a point), and had been for a while

Laughs having done a deep dive into the Kargil war far too early in life.

The houthis should really go back to being a militia trying to overthrow a govt they were really much better at it.

Ftr you can admit that the Ayatollahs, the regime they built, and their cronies are evil and that any chance for the Iranian people to have freedom is good while also understanding the reasons Trump’s war of choice is deeply ill advised.

Some words from an Iranian via a cool content creator it might be worth listening. youtube.com/post/UgkxBjQ...

Holy hell fighting words. 😂😂

Reminder that people in Iran are still living under repressive conditions where security forces can still knock on someone’s door. Not everything needs to be geolocated and shared publicly, especially footage filmed from inside buildings that could reveal someone’s home.

زن، رندگى أَزازى

Well this is interesting.

Anyone who has studied military coup dynamics would pay sooo much money to be a fly on one of those walls.

There are a lot of reports about the Ayatollah's death, reporting is relying on Israeli sources, there is no independent or even other sources. It is likely that even significant elements of the regime do not have definite information so be wary. Khamenei may be dead, underground, or injured.

man I wish I had known this when I was younger 😂

Good god AI companies are being more responsible than the fucking Department of Defense.

I honestly don’t know what will happen on Iran, I will say I don’t have any sympathy for the regime thier brutality is akin to the Assads they backed. I will say I do not trust the current US administration to get it right or anywhere close to it the day after.

The challenge to the stability of the Pakistani state that Pashtun nationalism and the Durand line poses is something that is one of those 3rd rails of international politics that doesn’t get talked about but has the possibility to create real danger. In turn the Pak military has created escalation.

Well well well …

Motherfucker.

I can remember the giant map I drew on the whiteboard first tracking the buildup then the invasion itself

Well shit

Good lord.

“You’re not gonna be able to air it.” “This is an Australian news program. We use that word as an adverb.”

One thing people need to understand is that we are VERY CLOSE to war with Iran we now have the necessary tactical assets in theatre for a Gulf War style air campaign. If this occurs we are on the escalation ladder to another war in the Sandbox. 🧵 1

Proud of this fellow Jerseyan.

They’re gonna try for another coup aren’t they? Yup, they’re gonna try for another coup. Every American has a right to vote. Any other suggestion is un-American.

Yeah turns out fucking with moms was a BAD IDEA. My mother is a petite 5 foot Irish Italian woman and she terrifies me, her mother terrifies everyone of her six children 5/6 have postgrad degrees and are considered high level professionals in their fields.

Well shit. When Rand Paul is the reasonable one we’ve gone round the bend.

I am rapidly developing a similar feeling towards ICE agents as I once did for Daesh Commanders.

ICE is a threat to national security.

If learned this history in school and are ok with what is being done in Minneapolis and around the country I’m sorry, you are unamerican.

The Gestapo is not a legitimate law enforcement entity here in the United States and more people need to know that. In fact we fought a war because that was the case.

The other option is that they simply don’t do anything and refuse to follow any orders. Or only ones that they know are legal.

I, for one, think we need more liberal arts degrees in the army

People forget that the Clintons are fucking knife fighters who’ve been in many of these and are much better at this than house republicans.

Being a door gunner on that sounds like one helluva job.

Fucking nope. Thats gonna be a big ol’ nope from I think, everyone.

I dunno what it is but the implication that an AWACs aircraft is akin to a sulking toddler or shy puppy brings me joy on a deep level.

I’ll be honest at this point DHS needs to be scrapped and its constituent functions necessary to national security need to be consolidated into a new agency at this point.

Good lord

Ahhh the almighty “COIN-PARADIGM” chart

Good, now have the sand to stand for them.

Between ICE and CBP there are around 80,000, let’s call em what they are Militiamen, there are 95,000 polling places. Let’s be generous and say they only do swing and dem districts/states ok 45,000 polling places. Thats 1.7 ICE or CBP personnel per precinct. I think we can take the em.

It’s funny there was a period during the early parts of the war where literally all of Twitter would be aware that there was a strike coming because of the activation of Russian strategic aviation radio channels.

If they do this there needs to be a RESPONSE from the American people. One that makes it unmistakably clear that any such attempt or government sworn in on the results of such an election is viewed as illegitimate by 70+ percent of the population and that they’ll have to kill us all.

This is a common feature of many authoritarian organizational cultures. It’s why democratic societies function better in the aggregate and are less corrupt. Additionally more often than not corruption especially in the middle and local level is a function of the system and survival of those in it.

God I love Charlie Berens 😂 youtu.be/64EO9r_dmbI?...

This woman is a threat to National Security and probably an honest to god traitor and asset of a foreign government. If not an unwitting mouthpiece.

Good lord I needed that today, good on em they deserve it. And whomever nominated them deserves thier next round on me 🍻

The Danes are a small country and lost more troops per million than we did in Afghanistan, they gave up 44 of their sons and daughters and fought well. This is and should be a moral outrage that cannot be understated.