I accidentally read that book literally 3 months before Covid happened and I think it drove me insane.

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

I'm ashamed of our country.

this admin? yes. this is the work of twisted craven men.

but the whole country. for decades, we simply didn't care enough. collectively. caring about the destruction we left in our wake, was simply too much of a bother

Sad and ashamed.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

when you think no one's around your cubicle and you accidentally trusted a fart in your chair

Epidemics and the American Military Five Times Disease Changed the Course of War Jack E. McCallum Book cover

One for the half-wit in the Pentagon.

(I think it's a must read for anyone interested in military history BTW.)

Well you did say the dumbest OSINT people to ever exist

This remains true.

It is crazy hard to disabuse people of the Pizza Index or whatever tf it's called

The thing is you have a Secretary of Defense who quite literally does not think germs are real, he explicitly rejects germ theory

The question to ask isn't "why did pete do (x)," it's "why did roger wicker vote to confirm a guy who literally doesn't think germs are real"

Yeah, one of my best friends went to the mountain school in Georgia (country) as a cadet

Yeah there were multiple cadets I knew who went to airborne and air assault before they even went to LDAC lol

and most of them didn't even become infantry officers!

What is force preservation and how does it work? Why even have FPCON ratings honestly?

I don't even wanna give him credit for completing infantry basic course because Ranger School is the basic course for infantry officers in almost every way that matters.

It's actually way worse when you considered that he was an infantry officer without any of those schools.

Mf'er learned battle drill 1a and said that's all I needed to know.

Unbelievable levels of loser shit

Oh waow I did not know 4 had VN scenarios, will be buying lol

With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.

Get the fuck out, Jesus Christ apnews.com/article/nati...

Israeli security sources increasingly assess that Trump's statements may not be based on a concrete plan, but reflect shifting moods and negotiating tactics toward Iran.- Al-Monitor

At the risk of asking a really dumb question: is this a real game?

Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

The winning part doesn't happen :(

Being a Liverpool FC supporter in the 2025-2026 season

A major pillar of international norms...-checks notes-...Hungary?

Hungary must arrest Netanyahu if he visits, Magyar says Israeli PM Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court, is due to visit Hungary later this year.

Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said today that his country must take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while wanted by the International Criminal Court.

One thing that's missing from our discourse on the Iran negotiations is that the current economic situation within Iran is incredibly dire. There's possibly worse economic damage than compared to the Iran Iraq War and their economy started in terrible shape.

Next Up For the Civil War Memory Book Club: Heather Cox Richardson Thanks to all of you who were able to join the book group meeting last night to discuss The Colors of Courage: The Forgotten History of Gettysburg. We had a great turnout and an invigorating discussio...

Next Up For the Civil War Memory Book Club: Heather Cox Richardson #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

How chest-thumping rhetoric erodes service member safety Opinion: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's brash rhetoric is profoundly destabilizing for actively-serving military families, this military spouse argues.

Pete Hegseth's bellicose behavior continues to undermine the safety of our servicemebers. He is profoundly unfit for the incredible responsibilities of the position he holds. www.armytimes.com/opinion/2026...