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Israel Bombed Over 400 Healthcare Facilities, Killing Nearly 700
Israeli strikes have hit over 400 healthcare facilities in Gaza, killing nearly 700 people. Most of the medical infrastructure in the Strip is damaged and inoperable. The World Health Organization released statistics on the impact on medical facilities in Gaza during...
US Officials See Ukraine as an Active and Bountiful Military Research Opportunity
American officials speaking with the Washington Post described the ongoing war in Ukraine as providing Washington with ample information about Russian war-fighting strategies. The report comes as Kiev struggles to field enough forces to prevent Moscow from capturing...
Ep 036 “Drunk on Direct Action: The Destruction of Army Special Forces in the GWOT”
Episode Notes The direct action concentration of US Army Special Forces (SF) in the conduct of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan at the expense of the specialized and storied legend of what SF could do in non-permissive environments raising partisan forces behind enemy...
News Roundup 2/12/2024
Ukraine Sweden closes Nord Stream investigation, hands it off to Germany RS Ukraine Facing Troop Shortage on Frontline WashPo US Rejects Putin’s Latest Offer for Negotiations on Ukraine AWC Senate Takes Another Step Toward Passing $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill...
Israel Has Failed to Provide Evidence to Prove UNRWA Hamas Ties
News outlets with access to the summary of an intelligence dossier that claims employees of the UN aid agency for Palestinians participated in the Hamas October 7 attack say it does not include evidence to back the claims. Tel Aviv’s assertion led several major donors...
Ep 035 “Review and Discussion: Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War by Douglas Porch”
Episode Notes Everyone and everything has an origin story, while I had a sneaking suspicion early on in my modest career in special operations and irregular warfare (IW) that something was fundamentally wrong with the western way of war in these endeavors, it was...
Ep 034 “CG Excursions: Deep Six the Carrier Force: Naval Power in the 21st Century”
Episode Notes The aircraft carrier has been a signature component of US naval power and prestige for more than a century. The utility has continued to diminish since the end of WWII. The tremendous disadvantage of putting so much manpower and treasure into these...
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Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism
