"I Alone Can Fix It" reports Mark Milley urged Trump to kill Soleimani, warning Trump that he's be "held criminally negligible" if he didn't go through with the assassination.
When we’d warn that we were close to war with Iran, conservatives would call us hysterical. Now Gen. Miley confirms we were “very close” to war. Our opposition mattered. In the streets, in the news, in the Congress. Together, we prevented another disaster. https://t.co/LOYJWmpLUo
How to butter your own bread: Rep. Elaine Luria tells us we need to build lots more ships for our Navy. What she fails to tell us? All those ships will be built in her district. https://t.co/oEfDMZe2WP
NEW Michael Horton -- Trump was actually right to pull our troops out of Somalia -- why is Biden's military making plans to put them back in? https://t.co/L3rn3xSy7N @lizzyshackelfor@AnnelleSheline@DanDePetris@markperrydc
This week, likely presidential candidates Nikki Haley posed with John “God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land” Hagee and Mike Pompeo called his own supporters “pipehitters.”
And it’s still only Thursday.
Hawks are trying really hard to scare the US out of getting back into the nuke deal but their attempts at doing this are getting flimsier by the minute. https://t.co/J2lXbUzqaO
QI's @Dalzell60 & @resplinodell joined @NCUSCR for a conversation on the Strategic Competition Act, the pros and cons of its provisions, and the implications for U.S.-China relations, hosted by @NCUSCR President @sorlins. Watch below:
https://t.co/DEGIILbA1f
WEDNESDAY: QI's Andy Bacevich to launch his new book 'After the Apocalypse' w/ @KatrinaNation & @herandrews live from NYC 5 p.m. DETAILS: https://t.co/pROq6GXX2r
I don't speak German, but was honored to have Aufbau publish this piece of mine on Yemen
Der Bürgerkrieg im Jemen stellt die neue US-Regierung vor strategische Entscheidungen von grosser Tragweite, aber davor schreckt der US-Präsident vorerst zurück.
https://t.co/RvPBzLA7I0
Capt. Dan Berschinski shares his experience losing both legs in Afghanistan
@QuincyInst colleague @AdamNoahWho points out that emphasis is often on those killed in action, rather than those whose lives are forever altered by injury & trauma
Terrific piece by @AnnelleSheline: Blinken's statements "betray either a lack of information or a refusal to accept the reality on the ground: The Houthis have defeated the Saudis." https://t.co/i8epeQpksY
Bombastic phrases for military ops like the anti-Russia one today strikes this author as masking an underlying lack of confidence. @LievenAnatol:
https://t.co/DS14m6MHsJ
"Vietnam was where the American fantasy of 'goodness,' right intentions, virtue, went to die. For this generation, Afghanistan (and Iraq) have provided the same opportunity.
We made the world no better with this war," wrote @Gadams1941 in @RStatecraft:
https://t.co/QvDPgiSafH
This article is ALL the way CRAZY. Crazy.
A coup ... a deal for Jerusalem: America & Saudi trying to make the Middle East Great again. MMEGA.
https://t.co/hdYDYkHb1A