This episode: Can Erdogan provide an off-ramp — or are strikes inevitable?
Any deal must address nukes, proxies, and especially missiles—the toughest issue for Tehran
If strikes: “mowing the grass,” not regime change.
Risks: Hormuz disruption + proxy attacks
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This is an important, credible, and damning article about the IDF in Gaza by Andy Milburn, a retired US Marine Raider colonel with combat experience from Fallujah and Mosul who maintained close contact with IDF officers during the war (while keeping a low public profile). Read the whole thing.
29.01.2026 13:54 — 👍 352 🔁 154 💬 8 📌 23Thank you for sharing. I think Milburn’s perspective is very important for the world to hear, as a common rhetorical cudgel I encountered when critiquing Israel’s conduct of the war in the early days was “how many urban insurgencies have YOU fought?”. Like most humans on Earth, the number is 0.
29.01.2026 14:20 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Thoughtful comments from former CIA Middle East hand @mpolymer1.bsky.social supporting @andy-milburn.bsky.social’s analysis of IDF conduct in Gaza (which predictably is coming under attack on Twitter from those you’d expect to attack it).
31.01.2026 13:02 — 👍 87 🔁 27 💬 3 📌 1Excellent article and very thought provoking.
30.01.2026 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Terrific and thought provoking analysis by @andy-milburn.bsky.social on use of force in urban warfare — adding this to my class readings for next week’s class on IHL, military ops, and Gaza
29.01.2026 18:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Urban warfare is often invoked as an alibi: dense terrain, imperfect intelligence, an embedded adversary.
These conditions are real — but they do not explain outcomes.
What matters is how commanders allocate risk
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Is the U.S. Actually Going to Attack Venezuela?
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Russia Stress Testing NATO Alliance
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Steve Witkoff a Liability? & Israel Plans to occupy Gaza City
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After Ukraine came an even more frightening experience: I was sued for 30 million dollars by a former Marine accused of rape in Ukraine
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With Nate Vance -- Mozart Group plankholder, and - incidentally - cousin to the Vice President
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What Targeting Cartels w/ CIA & JSOC Would Look Like
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