Burle Butler

Author & career intelligence officer. Marine. Personal account and personal opinions (rooted in years of experience); no endorsement by a government agency.

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@MikeNellis Vbbbbbjjnnn. Nmmmm

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@imranomad @goodreads Good novel, but my favorite Dostoevsky novel is The Idiot.

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@KillicillinArt @goodreads It’s good.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW | A Primer on Russian Cognitive Warfare, by @nataliabugayova and @KatStepanenko

Key Takeaways + Full Report⬇️(1/2)

Understanding cognitive warfare is a national security requirement for the United States.

Russia is a key player in the cognitive warfare space and a model for China, Iran, and North Korea. Russia has effectively used cognitive warfare to facilitate its war in Ukraine, shape Western decision-making, obfuscate Russian objectives, preserve Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, and mask Russia’s weaknesses.

Cognitive warfare is Russia’s way of war, governance, and occupation. The goals, means, and effects of Russian cognitive warfare are far greater than disinformation at the tactical level.

The United States should not counter Russian cognitive warfare symmetrically. The key to defending against Russian cognitive warfare is doing so at the level of strategic reasoning while resisting the urge to chase Russia's tactical disinformation efforts.

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@LSaillans @threadreaderapp unroll please

[FBI @FBI]

Russian GRU Unit 26165, aka Fancy Bear, has engaged in a cyber campaign against Western logistics providers and technology companies, targeting entities across all transportation modes: air, sea and rail. Click for TTPs and indicators of compromise: https://t.co/1FnnS0Bq54

[Iryna Voichuk @IrynaVoichuk]

This is Tymofii, the little boy in the heartbreaking video below. This morning, his mother shared that he has passed away. He was only 3 years old. Russia killed him.

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@FPWellman @HeatherThomasAF Damaging/removing the $ as the global reserve will water down U.S. sanctions on Russians, no matter who wins the next election that tool will be ineffective. It’s a bonus that it will further enable the destruction of the U.S. economy. The PRC and the Russians will rejoice.

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@RedWave_Press Are we actively trying to get Canada to align with China? Is that the goal?

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@DecodingFoxNews I just saw his post - I had to double check the account.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Fun Fact: Zelenskyy was the only man in the room without makeup on.

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@Chuck_Ritter92 This is the correct answer - along with the content of our Nat’l Security and Nat’l Defense Strategies, which lay out the threat pretty well. At this point, anybody asking why you hate Russia is on the Russian payroll or gets their info from someone who is.

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@EmmanuelMacron Europe has a small window to get this right: provide Ukraine everything they need to win, step up operations against Russia outside of Ukraine, destroy Putin, and guarantee peace for the EU for a hundred years. Get it wrong, and the price will be huge.

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@ryanhasbadtaste The Idiot

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@TheSGTJoker Going to bed now; gotta get up soon to mix the Brawndo for the crops. Oh well, thankful for the work.

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@TheStudyofWar @threadreaderapp unroll, please

[Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes]

Sen. JD Vance defended Donald Trump’s vow to use the U.S. military against certain Americans, a group Trump has repeatedly labeled “the enemy within.” https://t.co/x0oGLAzWvF

[Jesse Joyce @jessejoyce]

I wrote this cause it’s what I always wanted to say about Trump pretending to be a tough guy.  But we got the amazing @DaveBautista to say it SO much better.  Thanks Dave.  #TrumpIsAWeakLittleBabyBitch

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

Biden broke OPEC’s control of oil price levels.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

When you demonize the immigrant, the poor, and the marginalized, I’m not interested in hearing about your religious beliefs.

You’ve already shown me what they are by how you’re treating the immigrant, the poor, and the marginalized.