For those who may not remember, funding an adversary in a proxy war in Afghanistan was a big part of how the US bankrupted the Soviet Union.
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For those who may not remember, funding an adversary in a proxy war in Afghanistan was a big part of how the US bankrupted the Soviet Union.
figure 5.1 U.S. Economic Growth, 1790–2012
it's funny you can see how much the New Deal fixed macroeconomic stability within the United States, and the elite hated FDR for it
As I said the other day, renewables are energy security. Nothing else is.
Mister President, operation Hoovermaxxing is a go
This is interesting. But it is more interesting that Trump is rewarding Moscow for doing this by helping Russia sell oil, repeating Russian propaganda points, and senselessly burning through weapon stocks.
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Trump cut off supplies of Sidewinder missiles for Ukraine’s F-16s, which limited their ability to prevent Russian strikes on Ukraine’s cities during the dead of winter when Putin ramped up attacks. And yet, when we need help with interceptor drones for Iran, Ukraine offered them without hesitation.
Let this sink in.
Four years ago, the US expected Ukraine to fall within days and even withheld military aid because they thought it’d be wasted. Today, the US — the most powerful nation on earth — is asking Ukraine for military aid.
Never underestimate Ukraine. Arm them to win.
I have watched many videos now of Ukrainian volunteers who have stapled together three soviet-era AK-47s and mounted them on basically a golf cart shooting down Geran-style drones.
If the US can't figure out how to efficiently intercept a drone I can make in my basement, that's a skill issue.
Nah, we’d rather blow through billions of taxpayer dollars doing it the dumb way because we know more than anyone about everything and Trump has a blank check from Congress.
Zelensky has done everything he possibly can to satisfy this admin while he fights a war of survival for his people. And the Trump admin has done nothing but repeatedly treat him with disrespect, scorn & ridicule. 2 days ago, Trump called him “PT Barnum.” This is how Z responds.
⚡️More Patriot missiles used in Middle East in 3 days than in Ukraine since 2022, Zelensky says.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine is ready to provide drone interceptors in exchange for missiles, though he did not specify which countries could be involved.
I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure this is how you get 9/11: the sequel
Logistics is woke. Supply is woke. End-state planning is woke. Force protection? Believe it or not, woke
This could easily be said by a marionette in Team America: World Police word for word
This is the point. If your vaunted trillion-dollar military can't get through a few days of airstrikes because you've consolidated the industrial base so badly, then you don't have a trillion-dollar military, you just have contractors in No. Virginia getting rich
Ukrainian air defense operators watching other countries struggling to take down Iranian Shaheds
Trump and Hegseth have everything figured out. We got strategic geniuses running this operation.
Some questions that no one has asked: Why Kristi Noem put an inexperienced 20-something in charge of terrorist prevention.
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When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
This discussion is worthwhile, but lost in the chaos is the fact that Tehran is literally running dry and, if a single one of the dams that supply the city is damaged, 7M people may die of thirst leaving a squabble over who runs the graveyard.
Russian components, a "Kometa" CRPA antenna, were found in drones attacking a UK base in Cyprus. Though unconfirmed by officials, if true, this "Kometa-M" use signals deeper Russia-Iran cooperation in navigation and electronic warfare.
I too had a fucked up childhood and I want to say this is awesome thank you for sharing ❤️
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"The Iranians and their Russian allies had four years of target practice on Ukrainian cities to improve their Shahed drones. And most of the world smiled politely and thought it is just the Ukrainians’ unfortunate problem."
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bibi is just descriptively correct and the next dem needs to just sever all ties with israel. defense, trade, all of it. even thinking on utterly cynical grounds: israeli political leadership and overall politics is overtly opposed to the american left-of-center project
A Saudi official saying this on Al Jazeera, a Qatari media outlet, is far more telling than any nugget of information carefully leaked to an American media outlet.
This war will permanently alter the relationship of the Gulf states, the US, and Israel.
Warner: "There was no imminent threat to the United States by the Iranians. There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the US, then we are in uncharted territory."
I'm amazed that I've seen or heard no mention of this all day, but 75 years of chaos -- and often killing -- in and around Iran and, arguably, around the Middle East all started when the United States caused regime change in Iran! www.history.com/this-day-in-...
