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There was a no-win question asked on the fourth-grade playground at Mt Sterling Elementary School when I attended, back in the days of quill pens and inkwells: If you were up to your neck in [insert vulgar term for feces here], and someone threw a bucket of [insert slang term for urine here] at your …
King Leonidas of Sparta, born around 540 BC, became one of the most legendary figures in Greek history through his leadership at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
Unlike Trump, Neocons are like petulant little children playing with matches, holding the flames up to a fuse attached to a nuclear weapon.
As regional tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, particularly with the ongoing conflict between Israel and its neighboring territories, the geopolitical landscape could shift in ways that elevate the role of countries like Pakistan.
When comparing the average intelligence of soldiers in the U.S., Russian, and Chinese militaries, it’s important to note that intelligence is not easily reduced to a single metric.
“How can we teach our children that violence cannot always solve their problems when our government always turns to violence to solve its problems.” Anonymous
Sometimes there are little things hidden inside of more sensationalized stories. Though we haven’t seen as much about this recently — our American credentialed media were fixated on the election, and Israel’s war against the Palestinians — meaning that the Russo-Ukrainian War has somewhat faded into the background. Stories about foreign soldiers who traveled to …
Neocons love violence and killing of all types. Whether it’s abortion or allowing miscreants to roam at will to commit mayhem, nearly all Neocons love it
In the movie Wargames, the computer which replaced humans in decision-taking for nuclear attacks, War Operation Plan Response, or WOPR, runs a bunch of simulations in the end and finally says, “An interesting game. The only winning move is not to play.”
John Bolton needs to watch that movie.
Afghanistan was such a disaster not only due to the preventable loss of thirteen brave Americans at the Abbey Gate but also because of the message of weakness heard around the world.
In the chaos of combat, a leader’s role is not just to guide their team to victory but to control the fury and aggression that battle demands.
Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish Kingdom, emerged as the brilliant strategist who would halt the Muslim advance. His victory at the Battle of Tours preserved the foundations of what would become Western civilization.
August of 1914 saw tens of thousands or men marching off to war, amid cheering throngs, knowing that their brave soldiers would be returning home soon, victorious in what would be called the Great World War. The French managed to stall the invading Germans short of Paris, and the armies dug in for what became …
On Thursday President Trump had a conversation with Tucker Carlson. Referring to Liz Cheney, Trump told Tucker: “The reason she doesn’t like me is that she always wanted to go to war. I don’t want to go to war. She wanted to stay in Syria. I took them out. She wanted to stay in Iraq. I …
“Why do you keep bashing your head into that wall?” ask sensible people. “Because it feels so good when I stop,” answers Ali Khamenei. “We are capable of destroying all that the Zionists possess with one operation,” said General Ali Fadavi, the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps deputy commander. So, General Fadavi is telling us that …
A few years ago I was talking online about Chinese software defined radios. (SDR) These are cheap, flexible, programmable devices, already widely available on ebay or Amazon (Baofung is one brand) They operate on pretty much any band, and aren’t restricted to licensed frequencies via simple and intentional hacks. Because of this, and because they …
A few days ago, Moldova, the second poorest nation in Europe after beleaguered Ukraine, held a national referendum where their people approved, by a slim 50.4%, to join the European Union.
My site noted, four days ago, that there were roughly 3,000 North Korean troops ‘undergoing training at military bases in eastern Russia’, and that John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said those troops would become “legitimate military targets” if they should be used in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Now those troops aren’t quite …
With the presidential election only twelve days away, this story is not getting nearly as much traction as it should have. From The Washington Post: North Korean troops are in Russia, would be ‘legitimate targets’ in Ukraine, U.S. says Citing newly declassified intelligence, the Biden administration said that at least 3,000 personnel are undergoing combat …
What happens in Land Warfare is changing rapidly with significant effects. The battlefield is getting much more lethal across much greater distances.