NEW: The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defenses that Putin constantly claims. 🧵⤵️ (1/5)
1/ Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar030926
Pro tip: if the Trump administration wants to reduce veteran’s disability benefits, it should stop engaging in pointless wars.
10.03.2026 01:17 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Hey Tis, glad you’re feeling better. Hope you’re home soon!
08.03.2026 10:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0On behalf of the Airborne, if it doesn’t involve jumping thru burning Hula Hoops or throwing hatchets while doing backflips, it’s not part of the METL and you should just get some OGA Special Activities guys with assorted other dudes to drive east from Erbil in a bunch of Hi-Lux pickups.
08.03.2026 04:45 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A report by the Nat’l Intelligence Council completed before the U.S. & Israel launched attacks on Iran assessed that even a large-scale military assault on the country would be unlikely to topple its theocratic gov’t, according to U.S. officials briefed on the work. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/w...
08.03.2026 04:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-morning dog walks into darkness and inspires millions of complaints. https://to.pbs.org/4lfFZns
08.03.2026 01:32 — 👍 179 🔁 37 💬 27 📌 23
It’s been a good week for Toyota dealerships in Erbil.
Wonder how much a Hi Lux Quad Cab is going for? www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iranian...
13 countries are on board so far and rumor has it that Wakanda may also participate
thehill.com/policy/inter...
The primary election in Oklahoma is June 16th.
Will be interested to see when confirmation hearings will be scheduled.
Trump’s strategic doctrine in three words,
“Forget about next”
Given the history of the U.S. abandoning Iraqi and Syrian Kurds…
“Some Iranian Kurdish leaders said they were hesitant to work with the United States to launch operations in Iran, given the potential costs to their people if the effort failed.”
No paywall. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
Markwayne Mullin’s tough-guy schtick is extremely cringe, but it’s going to become hilarious in his new role as “guy who gets dog-walked by Stephen Miller.”
05.03.2026 20:28 — 👍 685 🔁 70 💬 10 📌 5Basra Police confirm to Rudaw that a US aircraft has crashed within the borders of the province. Security forces have launched a search operation for the pilot.
05.03.2026 20:36 — 👍 74 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 0Saw this as well. Have yet to see DoD explain what’s driving the decision. www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
05.03.2026 21:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The wife of the Iraqi President (both her and the President being Kurdish politicians with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party), releases a statement saying "leave the Kurds alone" citing various historical events, including "we saw what happened . . . in Rojava"
05.03.2026 17:52 — 👍 360 🔁 124 💬 1 📌 9
Dumb and Dumber but make it for DHS leadership.
Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas?!
Also will she take Lewandowski with her?
05.03.2026 18:41 —
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When the answer is yes but you’re not going to lie under oath.
05.03.2026 18:34 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Equally concerned with whatever role Turkey and the (formerly) Iranian funded Iraqi Shi’a militias decide to play in this.
05.03.2026 18:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mustafa Hijri (PDKI) , Viyan Peyman & Siamand Moini (PJAK) are going into this with their eyes wide open and know that U.S. support is conditional.
They’re probably looking for an Inherent Resolve level of support. Barzani (current leadership in the Iraqi KRG) will reality check expections.
Suddenly, its turns out that it is not smart to arrogantly shit on an ally that has learned how to down 200 Shaheds every single night and then wipe out and oil refinery or a military airfield with a handful of cheap drones.
05.03.2026 09:41 — 👍 2627 🔁 587 💬 64 📌 33I was forced to watch TV news when I had breakfast in a diner recently and I strongly resonated with the sentiment that being an intelligent person in America today is like being awake during a surgery.
05.03.2026 11:14 — 👍 1158 🔁 216 💬 19 📌 13I have bandwidth for only so many conflicts so #Pakistan 🇵🇰 vs #Afganistan 🇦🇫 has been ignored but this video of #Taliban airdefense is extremely glorious! Remember, they themselves filmed it and decided to post as a propaganda piece. Office jobs have destroyed the jihad!
05.03.2026 11:03 — 👍 66 🔁 13 💬 9 📌 5Trying to backfill support for the 7th SFGA deployment to Ecuador.
05.03.2026 17:04 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0During the Iran-Iraq war (in which the USA unofficially but obviously backed Saddam Hussein and Iraq), we lived right on the "insurance line" near the Strait of Hormuz. Dozens of tankers would amass to make a desperate sprint through the strait, each hoping that their ship, and crew, would survive.
03.03.2026 02:48 — 👍 113 🔁 33 💬 9 📌 0
Betting on annihilation.
Even if you win, you lose.
If/as this drags on to what degree might Turkey become involved?
Will Kata'ib Hezbollah stays on the Iraqi side of the border and keep the peace with the KRG?
What actions will other Iranian proxy militias take?
No way to predict what comes next but the Iranian regime was, to some degree, prepared
Can the regime cling to power given the U.S. & Israel won’t commit conventional ground forces inside Iran?
Even if Iranian Kurds (PJAK, PDKI, et al) rise up, they will only control limited territory in the west
The Trump admins goals were never clearly defined beyond we’re going to bomb shit for a week or two, claim victory, and move on.
Not synched with Israel who is determined to wipe out the Clerics, the IRGC and the Basij. The “mowing the grass” policy on steroids and HGH.
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