#Military

I study early German scholars of Greek warfare.One of them rubbed shoulders with the Hohenzollerns, made an enemy of the entire General Staff, and is seen as the sole founder
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You guys, I had a dream about how the first game back is gonna go and wow. First, it was scheduled mid-day, mid-week, presumably because we’d ll be at work.
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THREAD The Chinese Communist Party does not have agency. That now seems to be the going argument among analysts arguing against strengthening US-Taiwan relations. I consider three recent pieces in
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Q: oppa, did u become close with bugs in the military?EK: do u think it's possible to become close with bugs? I become more afraid of bugs. There's one day
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Economic hardship doesn't negate agency. Ignorance or propaganda are no excuses for moral failure, as we have a moral duty - to ourselves and others - to think critically. Joining
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Why are you taking the piss out of Servicemen and Women? What have they got to do with your descent into the farce you have become? And wearing the GSM
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I’ve been reading this piece again while trying to grapple with something. Those of us who arrived at our feminisms through a human rights “track” or thought process often have
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There is no fantasy Israel where annexation, blockade, demolitions of homes, arrests of children, extreme military violence, illegal settlement supported by the government, and killing of innocent civillians isn’t happening.
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I read the Venezuela chapter of John Bolton’s book, which covers the first few months of 2019, from the January declaration of Juan Guaidó as acting president, to the failed
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Changing meaning of the Chicks / Dixie Chicks controversy in cultural memory (a thread) My main area of interest concerns how the meaning of cultural artifacts and phenomena change over
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about August 10, 1945 (75th anniversary of which is today), because it's where you can really pinpoint the beginnings of Presidential nuclear control
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Comparing the US to super safe countries like Iceland & Japan is absurd. A more realistic comparison would be to Brazil, El Salvador or the Philippines: countries w/ ultra high
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I don't get this talk about tanks being obsolete. All warfare comes down to bang bang and vroom vroom. IFVs? Not enough bang. Artillery? Not enough vroom. Tanks? Perfect balance
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How many of you believe that Trump committed Treason with Russia? Trump must be held accountable. Distracting with twitter while treasoning, covering for Putin's murder of United States soldiers, is
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1/10 I’ve been asked about my view on this NYT report. After spending 7 years in 2 wars, it hits home. I had military friends die and be wounded in
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Debunking the new UFO religion is one thing I’ll be doing on Substack, I can already tell. One problem I can already see is that whatever know. record of glitches
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