#Military

Brett McGurk

brett_mcgurk

George Packer, in his brilliant “Our Man” about Richard Holbrook, cites a ‘68 @TheAtlantic essay by a former assistant who worked for years on Vietnam and described why officials so

Angry Staff Officer

pptsapper

This is the stupidest fucking timeline The DOD is arguing over haircuts during a goddam pandemic that is so bad that travel restrictions are preventing me from attending my own

The Prince of Good Times

Ak5985965

1/nExcellent article that brings out the fient and thrust in very important non military dimensions as well as mil. Modern war is full spectrum - kinetic and non kinetic.Militarily Ladakh

Leftists for Warren🌹

leftists4warren

Pinned essential-reading thread on @ewarren from a progressive/leftist perspective. Read these articles if you want to understand why many leftists are supporting Warren. .@tianyuli42 makes an overall positive case for

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Trump is in North Carolina using a military ship as a prop for a campaign speech very few masks, no social distancing for Trump's speech in North Carolina wut Trump

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) "Blacks ops" means "covert military operations that may employ measures not generally authorized." In Portland right now is an interagency federal paramilitary force comprising 16 agencies; the force is

Jeffrey Schiffer, PhD

jeffschiffer

November 8th is #IndigenousVeteransDay in #Canada. #Indigenous nations not only played a critical role in the establishment of Canada as a nation, but have defended Canada in every major war

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jisnugg

bro seungri sympathizers trying to convince he's innocent on facebook are yall serious yall aint even tryna wait for his trial yall will say anything to protect ur damn

Stephen Wertheim

stephenwertheim

My thanks to Thomas Wright for the debate about how progressives should deal with China. A few replies:https://twitter.com/thomaswright08/status/1264162925058625536 1. Wright's main point is that the accommodating, soft-power-loving EU

Israel Defense Forces

IDF

1/ No military should have to write a thread like this, but we can’t stand idly by when there are important questions that must be asked: Last week, a Hezbollah

Samrat X সম্রাট

MrSamratX

The "soft power" glues of Bollywood and cricket that were the only shared contemporary popular culture of the diverse peoples of India have already started to come unstuck under steady

Wesley Morgan

wesleysmorgan

That 100 estimate is kind of a fascinating thing. Although they would repeat the number, a lot of senior military and IC folks, when asked, will say they don't really

Hon. Temba P. Mliswa

TembaMliswa

This country needs a dogmatic leader because democracy and it's ideals such as freedom of speech we don't accept. The indiscipline is too much. Mugabe had a peaceful reign because

Punished "Venom" Minstrel (read pinned)

soarel325

Prussia is really crazy to meLike, as a conceptIt was basically the closest thing in reality to one of those always-evil fantasy races whose entire society and culture is oriented

Anarchist 💣Federation ❤🖤

AnarchistFed

Rumour Control.Lots of videos of pictures from the Georgia‘s Stone Mountain Park protest the other day going on about the Black Panther Party.Not every black Person with a gun is

Matt Kennard

kennardmatt

.@DeclassifiedUK has now published 7 investigations into legal irregularities and conflicts of interest in the Assange US extradition case. Thread.(Number 8 is coming this week) 1. Julian Assange’s judge and