The Military Philosopher (he/him)

Not counting the joint occupation of Iran during WW2?

I remember during the apartheid years that South Africa was a major beneficiary of commercial gun exports from the US

I hold them primarily and directly responsible fir the universal replacement of proper journalists in news coverage with opinionated “talking heads” ignoring what was actually happening in favor of their own fantasies

So he outranks Major Peter Hegseth, USARNG?

I vote early in person

I blame this kind of thinking on hiring more poli sci than history majors (I was a double major myself)

One test might be if you can smell it?

That is one aspect I don’t miss!

Lol

I wish I was still working there and got to make this call

I’ve yet to see an overstaffed one

Wasn’t that when everyone was heading up to Harlem for the music?

Just say No

Yeah, I know, “Jimmy Stewart for Governor, Ronald Reagan for best friend”.

Even if they didn’t know their history as well as is generally thought.

Not a big fan of Reagan but boy he knew how to deliver a line.

Can you scream “cover up”?

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And Prussian officers usually knew what to do when left alone with a pistol on the desk.

It was my impression during my career at State that too many FSOs were not fluent enough on war to be able to sell that view to the key decision makers (themselves too often not fluent), perhaps that’s changed in the last 20 years.

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These days I think that means you’re qualified to be president

Before this is taken down, screenshot it and download the file. Here’s the link to the unredacted version. Read page 16.

The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Never needed a tackle box, just my box of flies.

It’s said that about 30 million Mayflower descendants are alive today, including me.

I propose that when it is doable we remove his name one building at a time so that as many as possible can gather and watch the great erasure

He needs to try a broader range of soups

Picturing two guys holding on to the wreckage when one says, “I guess we won’t need those 20 stops for more gas”.

Does he know?