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I'm surprised the antisemites haven't figured out this is all Fritz Haber's fault.

Much about the Iran war is debatable. One thing that unfortunately is not is that the war is a disaster with respect to the global fertilizer supply and, almost certainly, the global food supply. I suspect most people don't understand the connection between food and Gulf energy.

The TikTokization of War - A Conversation with Ryan Noordally YouTube video by Pax Americana

Speaking of soldiers doing stupid stuff on camera, time to bring this out of the archives. Ryan Noordally @noorryan.bsky.social on the "Tiktokization of War."

youtu.be/UBWrTCDDoag

Just watching this makes me want to reach for some ibuprofen.

RAF C-17 lands at world’s northernmost settlement A Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster has landed at Canadian Forces Station Alert, the world’s most northerly permanently inhabited settlement, during a joint resupply mission with Canada in the High Arctic.

A Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster has landed at Canadian Forces Station Alert, the world’s most northerly permanently inhabited settlement, during a joint resupply mission with Canada in the High Arctic.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=68611

La guerre à la maison | Le Grand Continent Le culte masculiniste du guerrier professé par le Secrétaire de la guerre de Donald Trump est un cheval de Troie pour toutes les démocraties libérales. Une pièce de doctrine signée par l'ancien légio...

Pour ceux qui n'auraient pas eu l'info vendredi dernier. Le Grand Continent m'a offert l'opportunité de publier un article dans leurs pages.
J'y parle du culte de l'éthique guerrière sous la gouvernance du SecWar Pete Hegseth.

legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/04/1...

Talking Tech, Planning, and Strategy with an IDF Major YouTube video by Pax Americana

An Israeli Army major (reserves) reached out to me about my videos on IDF tech and strategy and basically said, "you don't quite have that right." I invited him to tell me about it. Here's the interview. Touched on tech, planning, strategy, Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. Watch.

youtu.be/1xLSqXkc4qM

A conversation with Sasho Todorov about what casualty data tell us about battle. YouTube video by Pax Americana

Have you watched this yet? Sasho's worth your time even if I am not :). @sashotodorov.bsky.social

youtu.be/ZdKasf8UH_U

My favorite comment on my Saudi Arabia video so far.

All about Saudi Arabia's Military YouTube video by Pax Americana

My latest. All about the Saudi military.

youtu.be/tYU3ES0bgFU

@michaelshurkin.bsky.social ‘s “petit livre”

President Nyarlathotep Is Simply Engaging in Classic “Mad Outer God” Negotiating Tactics “This is classic Negotiating 101 courtesy of the Faceless God himself. Sure, he may have kicked it up a notch from ‘sheer madness’ to ‘abject depravity,’ but...

"We all know he’s the Crawling Chaos, and that title implies a certain degree of unpredictability. But even for him, his vow to “gorge on the carcass of humanity itself” unless his latest (albeit nebulous) demands are met is pretty intense."

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pre...

Remember when we all worried about how Reagan was a "cowboy" and presumably reckless?

New marketing material for my book.

US soldier trying to halt deportation of wife detained on military base A U.S. Army staff sergeant is attempting to stop his wife from being deported after she was detained Thursday at a Louisiana military base where the couple planned to live together. Newlyweds Annie…

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is attempting to stop his wife from being deported after she was detained Thursday at a Louisiana military base where the couple planned to live together.

Thank you.

I haven't updated it. I'll look into starting again.

After a few recent conversations on #Bsky, I have come to realise that, bar a few specialists like @michaelshurkin.bsky.social and @taubhistory.bsky.social, very few Americans know and understand 20th c. French military history. I might write a couple of threads to bust a few myths.

The French Way of War: Eight Lessons YouTube video by Pax Americana

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5muY...

The highest quality video of the moon was just released…
so beautiful

* Artemis II

Part 2/2: Interview with General Hervé Pierre: Beaufre and Suez YouTube video by Pax Americana

Watching again this interview by @michaelshurkin.bsky.social and thinking about the Iran War.
youtu.be/tagAtQ6cMCU?...

Are you Castex curious? Maybe just a little...?

The French Way of War: Eight Strategy Lessons for Today’s Conflicts Amazon.com: The French Way of War: Eight Strategy Lessons for Today’s Conflicts: 9798234031402: Shurkin, Michael: Books

My little book about French military strategy is live.

amzn.to/4t6gQ1x

The French Way of War: Eight Lessons YouTube video by Pax Americana

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5muY...

These are metrics in search of a theory of victory that they can be applied to.

a man wearing a cowboy hat is singing the song howls . ALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat is singing the song howls .

Brilliant April Fool's where the US launches a war which hands its enemy control over a key maritime chokepoint resulting in higher prices everywhere, including in the US itself which had decided to abandon renewables. And then they said they'd won!

How we laughed...

Iran using children in security roles in war, reports and witnesses say An 11-year-old is reported to have been killed in an air strike while manning a checkpoint in Tehran.

"Eyewitnesses have told the BBC they have seen children, including some armed, in security roles in the capital and other [Iranian] cities"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I finally had time to read this

You should too - it is a brief explanation on why a mighty Navy has to accept that terrain dominates the sea close to it - not only within striking distance

Add: UKR turned Black Sea into a dangerous lake, so of course Iran can control a much smaller body of water.

Is a Toyota with a Shahed launcher still a technical?