If true, galactically stupid for them to fly an AWACS that close to the front. The whole point of airborne radar is that you can keep it well to...
You don’t think? Now that we know how bad the Russian air forces and air defenses are? Actually, I think that if Russia crosses a line we cannot...
And do you know how you know that? Because Xi has been cracking down on corruption and arresting officers who falsify readiness reports. This...
No, I don’t either. But we don’t need the extremes. We need the larger center to embrace itself instead of its two extremes. That’s far more...
Sadly, just about every country has a fall harvest festival in some form or another. So even that is not strictly true. If you want something that...
The truth is, because it is difficult to prove a negative, we never are quite sure when deterrence succeeds. But we are certain when deterrence...
Surely, this is a topic we can mostly agree on and leave Trump out of?
That’s the problem with using code words like “mostly peaceful.” They eventually bring instant recognition as to their true meaning.
Frankly, I think we need to start seeing that. I said from the beginning that the pro-Hamas demonstrations need to be given the same...
You just aptly described a main reason why the realists will demand we bleed for Taiwan even while they advocate abandoning Ukraine to its fate....
I just corrected you on that. And yet you’re repeating an anachronistic claim. Once again, I’m telling you this is not 1950, 1996, or even 2010....
That we can deter with economic, diplomatic, and informational measures alone (the canard of “integrated deterrence”) was one of Jake Sullivan’s...
I understand the concern. And, of course, you can usually assume that Gaetz, Boebert et al will oppose whatever the President does by instinct...
He might have been. That was the 90s.
Geographically, China would be able to dominate what’s called the First Island Chain, which extends from the Japanese Ryukus to the Philippines....
I’m sure the buildup is real, yes. I’m sure that Xi has done a lot more than Putin has to root out corruption, yes. Am I sure that the PLA is as...
Interesting question philosophically, but not practical in terms of reality. It’s a longer discussion, but essentially there’s no case to be made...
Your information is out of date. Since Xi has come to power, many of the factors that led us to casually assume an amphibious operation would be...
Yes. But the variable is the degree to which Taiwan resists. Taiwan is a very, very difficult nut to crack if the people resist the same way...
Here’s a national security reason for the federal government to modernize its position on cannabis. Most of the separated and retired military...
