Ep 082 “The CG Mailbag: Question Time”

by Bill Buppert | May 14, 2026

Ep 082 “The CG Mailbag: Question Time”

by Bill Buppert | May 14, 2026

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It’s been quite some time since I have responded to “mail” so I have curated five questions to address:.

What should the USAF do now?
Is fraud a form of irregular warfare?
What should the DoW do with 1.5 trillion dollars?

References:

Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast

RAND wish-casting on drones in 2015.

Slaughterbots (2017)

Slaughterbots: if human: kill() (2021)

How are Drones Changing Modern Warfare?

Sun Tzu The Art of War

Carl von Clausewitz On War

Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

H. John Poole The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to Warfare

Christian Brose The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

Qiao Liang & Wang Xiangsui Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Master Plan to Destroy America

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Email at cgpodcast@pm.me

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Bill Buppert

Bill Buppert

Bill Buppert is the host of Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast and a contributor over time to various liberty endeavors. He served in the military for nearly a quarter century and contractor tours after retirement on occasion and was a combat tourist in a number of neo-imperialist shit-pits around the world.

He can be found on twitter at @wbuppert and reached via email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

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