Given that for Russia the conflict is NOT existential, this is not sustainable....but it is becoming existential for Putin's regime and its delusional cronies.

AOD IRGCR=Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Regime.

This is the outfit running the state formerly known as Iran.

If there’s one thing this Iran war has done it has made people aware of how little they know about sea power. And that’s a good thing.

Time to send this out again…

www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/...

Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon, Officials Say

One of these “journalists”was Hezbollah
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/w...

QOD "...the president’s comment also illustrates a deeper and more troubling pattern in American strategic culture: the persistent tendency to confuse military destruction with political victory."
Isaiah Wilson
compoundsecurityunlocked.substack.com/p/fc6b2271-f...

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I don't care where you stand on Epic Fury, pro or con, but I read nothing about this on CNN/NYT and other news digests, I had to HEAR about it, of all places on NPR and then confirm through Al Jazeera
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Dire Strait - Strait of Hormuz Update for March 3, 2026 | Some Ships Run the Strait with AIS Off YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?

I will say it once, I will say it again. You want ground truth on what is going on with shipping go to:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xUA...

Decapitation, Epic Fury and the Unknown Insights and questions from the initial phase of the new U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran.

AOD LUCAS = Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System
mickryan.substack.com/p/decapitati...

QOD “A world become one, salads & sun, only a fool would say that”
Steely Dan
1972

Just remember everyone, there is a lot of war going on in world right now—the largest conflict since WWII continues in Ukraine & Afghanistan & Pakistan are at war too, never mind the half dozen wars in Africa.

HERE it is, the largest Military History Department in the world. Yours truly front row 1 from right next to the boss.

Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent

This is absolutely an impeachable offense, but Congress is too cowardly www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

Back Again

Good Stuff on Spotify by my brother and his partner, Sunflurry
open.spotify.com/album/57IH44...

if you have the clearance, check the old Second Fleet Fighting Instructions from 1980s, they probably have some copies at Dam Neck.

I wonder how hard it would be to "snatch" this guy. Im sure we can drum up some charges in Federal Court against him.

Venezuela seems to respond favorably to unexpected "snatchings"

QOD “Nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror. Much less when war preys on their minds.” Carlos Ruiz Zafon

AOD GRACE=God's Riches at Christ's Expense. Something REAL evangelicals believe.

Russia resumes night strikes on major Ukrainian cities, ending brief reprieve agreed between Putin and Trump | CNN Russia launched its biggest missile and drone attack on Ukraine so far this year on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian authorities, cutting heat to tens of thousands of people and ending a brief reprieve...

Putin= Murderer

Trump & Witkoff= credulous putz’s

www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/e...

QOD “Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.”
Psalm 62:9

QOD “don’t believe I’m taken in by stories I have heard.
I just read the daily news & swear by every word.”
Steely Dan
Fm Barrytown
The best song about prejudice & ignorance ever
Penned. In A major.

AOD. INCEL=involuntary celibate. Usually male. Usually a misogynist as a result.

Kristi Noem’s Reckless Lies. Plus. . . California’s billionaire exodus, why liberal religion is losing ground, Niall Ferguson on the arrogance of Trump’s critics, and more.

QOD "you cant hide, your lyin' eyes,
and your smile
is a thin disguise" The Eagles (Glen Frey)

www.thefp.com/p/kristi-noe...

Democrats Vow Not to Fund ICE After Shooting, Imperiling Spending Deal

“The Trump administration and Kristi Noem are putting undertrained, combative federal agents on the streets with no accountability,”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/t...

Your Venezuela Questions

NYT argues that just cause was a precedent www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...

QOD “Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God”
Psalm 42:11

AOD MEU-SOC=marine expeditionary unit—special operations capable. That last part would include unique maritime capabilities like nonpermissive VBSS. Marine supposedly have SOF, what are they doing?? Cmon
@usmarinecorp.bsky.social

Get with the program!

A fire burned overnight at the Salyut plant in downtown Moscow, a facility tied to Russia’s aircraft industry. The site is about 4 km from the Kremlin.

Even the Russian capital’s “safe rear” is starting to look less certain.

QOD “AI is a system to reprocess existing knowledge. Large language models ingest all the data we have ever put into digital form and then spew it back out as probabilistically determined responses to our prompts.” Niall Ferguson
From www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferg...