Entropy, but sharpied out.

The Kennedy School, man

Hey bud how did you vote on the impeachment, I forget

finally some fucking diplomacy

I love this

Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84 Aldrich Ames was a counterintelligence officer for the CIA who spied for the Soviet Union and later Russia.

Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84 www.cbsnews.com/news/aldrich...

this is where i am at: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. do you want to outsource your military policy to steven miller? no? how about the dc blob? also no? THEN LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HOW TO MILITARY

www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...

The US has been the top global producer and exporter of crude oil, LNG and other petroleum products for many years now. (This is not necessarily a good thing for the environment) Nonetheless, this is why experts in this area are so confused by the nakedly imperialistic justifications of this Admin.

the fact that musk is still hung up on grimes should not be a geopolitical problem

The US way of war is predicated on four key assumptions:
1. Victory is achieved via enemy attrition
2. Tactical auccesses inherently accrue to strategic ones
3. Of the 3 basic building blocks of military power—people, things & ideas—the first 2 are more important than the third
4. Limitless cash 1/2

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

A reminder, as Trump is illegally attacking other countries & musing about occupying & taking territory from them, of how mind-blowingly unserious the Paper of Record’s coverage of this has been in the last twelve months:

Oh, this is so rich, just great stuff given the whole Snowden show, begging the BND to dedicate one tiny morsel of resources to targeting an actual national security risk.

We go now to INDOPACOM partnership planning cells:

If you thought he was gonna have a restrained foreign policy, you are a mark and a dope and your foreign policy analysis should be discounted.

Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.

WEEEEEEEE

I LOVE STATE COLLAPSE

I LOVE POWER VACCUMS

I LOVE ARMED GROUPS COMPETING TO CENTRALIZE THEIR POWER IN THE ABSENCE OF A LEGITIMATE MONOPOLY ON VIOLENCE

I LOVE THE SPREAD OF REGIONAL INSTABILITY

I T C A N O N L Y G O O D H A P P E N

Damn. They actually did a Sicario from the movie Sicario

war as spectacle, as reality tv. a deeply american moment.

what orders "the US military" will or won't follow is situational dependent and never a blanket answer

But JSOC (specifically DEVGRU, a certain TF at Bragg, and associated hangers-on) will *absolutely* follow orders to detain/otherwise do something to Dem pols, with the right made up predicate

you don't hate JSOC enough

Good to know that just going in and taking a head of state and putting him up on charges is a thing you can do.

Trump's threat to bomb Iran made something clear to me in a way I hadn't yet formulated: His conception of US military force, like his conception of the federal govt, is now entirely personalized. It is a power to be wielded not on behalf of US interests but on behalf of his personal whims.

Every Senate Democrat should be asked how they feel about their unanimous confirmation of Marco Rubio.

They should also be calling for Trump's impeachment.

It would be nice if Congress cared enough to exist.

you cannot blockade a country and bomb its capital cities and capture its leader without being at war with it, is the thing

18 USC 1201

Again, not joking, there's very clear language that makes it quite applicable to those involved in this, especially if the Admin fiddlefucks whatever kangaroo court charges they're going to try for with this

The Very Special Boys At Bragg were convinced this was strategic genius that was only days away from bringing the Houthis to their knees (it sounds like I am shitposting but I assure you I am not), so would make sense they'd rerun that playbook here

ah yes, news focused on the concerns of the average american