We can all quibble with some of the details, but @bafriedman.bsky.social nails the core of the problem--D natsec base is slim and unpopular, and the issue just gets punted. You can't not do this work and can't not have a serious plan, especially in 2026... Things aren't getting safer.
One of the most awe-inspiring things to be able to witness, and something generations of people have not been able to experience. Amongst all the other craziness, this is at least one thing we're doing right.
Well, that is some pretty significant bang packed into one round...
This sounds like it is, quite possibly, the most insufferable book of all time.
Who needs enemies when we have ourselves to deal with
I do think they’re trying to kill Paparo with stress at this point.
🎶First it was CENTCOM soaking up funds
dropping GBU on shit you could kill with guns
then it was CENTCOM once again
and then it was CENTCOM again and again and again
it was CENTCOM and then again it was CENTCOM again
fuck when will it end🎶
open.spotify.com/track/7HjR4I...
And so our return begins. To the next chapter of humanity beyond our pale blue dot.
There is so much more out there for us than our screens and grievances limit us to day to day.
How on earth can one spend a career in DoD and think this is the result of academics lmao
I presume the 28% is US only?
Always great to get the correct data, but 28% absolutely blows my mind in a country where we have funded K-12 education.
The Xinjiang and Tibet claims I dont even know where to start
Anyways your regular reminder that WE HAVE FUCKING DATA ON TAIWAN'S VIEWS BECAUSE ITS A VERY OPEN DEMOCRACY and only 7%ish of the population thinks they should join China at any point w/ 1% of that thinking they should now.
Nah fam DC Metro is actually pretty nice, and light years better than anything else in the US. It could be more expansive, and certainly doesn't compare to most of those in East Asia, but I wouldn't say it's bad! My problem is with every other US city
Thanks, I really wanted to scream into the void this morning 🙃🫠
Man if you take a swing at Diego Garcia and dont understand missile operations well enough to use more than two...
I hate it
I cannot begin to fathom how these fucking lunatics come to these conclusions, and so fucking confidently.
WHO ARE THESE MO ZI AND ZHUANG ZI GUYS? NOT REAL PEOPLE, HENCE NO REAL INTROSPECTION. BIG BRAIN.
HERE'S A FEW HUNDRED PAGES OF THIS NOBODY NAMED MARCUS'S JOURNAL. NO INTROSPECTION HERE DUDE, YOU ARE VERY SMART.
WELL HE'S GONNA HAVE TO READ OK JAMES!?
Introspection is.... a modern invention...?
I may have a few very old books for him to read....
lol USAID was already doing that also the “organization of public diplomacy” you’re looking for is (or was) the US Department of State.
SO shortly after a dude in China thinking he was Jesus's bro led to one of the highest casualty counts in history, dudes in silly outfits decided they hated foreigners and were magic, to which Empress dowager Cixi said "bet, kill the white dudes" before they failed miserably and paid lots of monies
Which, I'm recognizing most people probably don't know what that is since we dont teach God damn Asian history in schools most of the time, but that's a whole other can of worms...
Every conflict since the Boxer Rebellion
I'm somehow seeing Trump conservatives quoting John Locke as if it's supposed to be in defense of their stances and... I don't know what to do with this.
Man you pushed some buttons
I'm reposting this before even watching because Frank Kendall is always on my watch list and any decent administration next will have him front of the line to be SECDEF.
That & the China Talk/2d Breakfast team always kills it.
