@IhateTrenches Only you can answer this for yourself because you’re there in the best position to assess the risks and tradeoffs. But FWIW leaders don’t always have to lead from the front—they should position themselves where they can best control their unit. 🇺🇦🇺🇸
@AdrianBonenber1 Melville’s description of Ishmael waking in bed in the Spouter Inn, noting the pleasure of the temperature difference between the warm bed and the cool air in the room is still one of the best examples of the universality of the human experience that I’ve ever stumbled across.
Ok. Deep breath.
I think we may look back on this as the first Great Information War. Except we're already 8 years in.
The first Great Information War began in 2014. The invasion of Ukraine is the latest front. And the idea it doesn't already involve us is fiction, a lie.
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Long thread about how I think the first 96 hours have gone, still very early/incomplete impressions. The initial Russian operation was premised on terrible assumptions about Ukraine’s ability & will to fight, and an unworkable concept of operations. Moscow badly miscalculated. 1/
Former U.S Navy Seal Dr. Dan Barkhuff wants to know if @realDonaldTrump is a coward who can't stand up to Putin or if he's complicit.
Well, Donald, which is it?