Brian E. Frydenborg

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[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

My complicated latest on how Israel's dangerous impunity in the West Bank resembles Trump's dangerous impunity playing fast and loose with troops on U.S. soil https://t.co/r6sDF0Wg8G

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

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[CBS News @CBSNews]

Rep. Ilhan Omar said she can't keep living in the Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched, because its address is now public, and she is facing death threats. https://t.co/dk2NBcP1cg

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: SPECIAL REPORT | How Hezbollah Is Preventing Its Disarmament, Again

Hezbollah supporters blocked roads in Beirut and protested the Lebanese government’s attempts to assert sovereignty on October 16 and 17, after a series of government internal security raids compromised Hezbollah’s weapons smuggling, illicit finance, and de facto statelets within Lebanon.

Lebanese government initiatives to disarm Hezbollah over the past two decades failed because Hezbollah repeatedly succeeded in coercing the government to abandon its course. Hezbollah is a formidable military organization even after recent setbacks. It has ample weaponry, some (albeit decreased) support among Lebanon’s Shia population, and an institutionalized role in the Lebanese government.

Hezbollah views efforts to deter it as an existential threat, and dismantling Hezbollah’s military organization would be akin to the destruction of Hezbollah. Hezbollah is not a political party; it is a military force that created a political party and social apparatus to protect itself.

The United States and international partners must support the LAF’s disarmament efforts and ensure that the Lebanese government outpaces Hezbollah’s reconstruction efforts to wrest popular support from the group.

There are two key areas where the United States can use limited resources to realize outsized gains:

1. Reconstruction Aid: The United States, Lebanon, and international partners must carefully manage and provide reconstruction aid to southern Lebanon through government institutions that Hezbollah has not infiltrated.

2. Military Advisers: A relatively small force of US advisers may be able to have an outsized effect on the capabilities of the Lebanese army.

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@WSJ With a heavy heart, I release my latest article, very late, on the sad truth of the 25th anniversary of 9/11: not just that he won, but that we are living in Osama bin Laden's world https://t.co/L9WKhugF2T

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@khoureld @hafiz54472061 With a heavy heart, I release my latest article, very late, on the sad truth of the 25th anniversary of 9/11: not just that he won, but that we are living in Osama bin Laden's world, with Sudan a centerpiece https://t.co/L9WKhugF2T

[Katharine Houreld @khoureld]

In four days, it will be a year since the siege of Sudan's El Fashir ended in a bloodbath. This is the story of a group of young doctors, nurses and volunteers who stayed at the last functioning hospital until the very end. With @hafiz54472061 https://t.co/mdRg4jRIqx

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@NickKristof With a heavy heart, I release my latest article, very late, on the sad truth of the 25th anniversary of 9/11: not just that he won, but that we are living in Osama bin Laden's world, noting Sudan's role https://t.co/L9WKhugF2T

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

This is a shattering story of life in Sudan as the UAE-backed RSF militia slaughters and rapes people in the city of El Fasher. Hard for me to understand why anybody would think the UAE should be rewarded with the post of UN secretary general.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pursuing competing ambitions for regional influence in the Middle East—with catastrophic consequences for some of the world’s worst wars.

Tune in from 6pm London time to hear our editors discuss the rivalry https://t.co/jm24RN8Z75

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@TheEconomist My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@MarioNawfal My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️

[Critical Threats @criticalthreats]

NEW | Ethiopia has set conditions to legally justify a regime-change war and would likely use a border war to set military conditions for a possible large-scale invasion in the medium to long term, including weathering several capacity constraints that currently disincentivize a full-scale invasion.

CTP Africa Team Lead @liam_karr explains why this is important. ⬇️

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@AryJeayBackup My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@RepYassAnsari My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️

[Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @RepYassAnsari]

25th Amendment NOW. Trump is the biggest national security threat we face. And he’s actively drawing up plans to renew the bombing on Iran’s energy infrastructure - a war crime - and putting more American service members in danger.

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

lol https://t.co/CexJX0cHXF

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

This is akin to saying an ambulance driver has to drive the speed limit even if means the patient dies. Hard to believe this is the communications strategy the administration has settled on. Pretending they have no influence over it and acting like they don’t care to fix it.

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@MaadAlzekri My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@AbuImadkk My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran���not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"I’ve never played a single game of baseball. Not once. Never even threw, or caught, a baseball until I was in college. I have no personal connection to the game....For me, the joy of baseball has been walking with my little boy as he grew."
https://t.co/jy2XeHg5zZ

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

@ZiadMDaoud @TheTerminal My updated & updating thread on some of the bigger-picture issues—including the U.S. midterms (tweet 40), Saudi impotence, & exclusive reporting from an Iranian in Iran—not being talked about enough when it comes to this Iran, U.S., Israel war metastasizing before our very eyes

[Brian E. Frydenborg @bfry1981]

🧵1-TLDR we're fighting for unclear "objectives" in what is primarily a military & narrative warfare campaign, but Iran is simply responding by waging super-obvious, easy to grasp economic & political warfare, inflaming public opinion & tanking the economy, Trump's exact fears🤦‍♂️