The Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776, was the closest the Continental Army came to total destruction. That they lived to fight another day is a testament to God's Providence and Washington's skill as a general @Exner_Garrett
On August 27, 1776 the largest battle of the American Revolution unfolded.
The Battle of Long Island was and. overwhelming British victory, but the loss revealed God’s Providence and America’s grit. 1/3
Solid @ProvMagazine piece on #China's vision of #grandstrategy vs. the American vision.
They are very different & China, at least Xi Jinping, believes they are already at war with us.
https://t.co/qFAVAdu3Mx
Excerpt,
"...Xi Jinping Thought defends 'Unrestricted' and 'Intelligentized' warfare. Xi’s doctrine prioritizes cyber warfare, cognitive warfare, psychological operations, disinformation operations, economic coercion, diplomatic bullying, and grey zone operations alongside kinetic action. Under China’s civil-military fusion strategy, the line between civilian infrastructure and military capability is intentionally blurred. The successor to Mao’s revolutionary approach, China today employs a comprehensive approach to destabilization and influence operations, from omnipresent cyber probing to purchasing land near U.S. military bases to industrial espionage to TikTok disinformation operations."
While many in the U.S. would prefer to ignore the role of ideology in international relations, the truth is that the Chinese state cannot be understood apart from the precepts of Marx, Lenin, and Mao, writes Eric Patterson @VoCommunism
Thanks again to @TheIRD & President @markdtooley for hosting me earlier today to speak about the strategic challenges & opportunities for the #USA🇺🇲 in #Africa at the monthly @ProvMagazine foreign policy luncheon for government officials & the policy community.
The battle of Hechtel in 1944 provides a case study in the virtue of courage, showing both the value of aggressive daring and the danger of courage without prudence @DavidHein9
Thanks to @ProvMagazine & @TheIRD for hosting me at their monthly foreign policy luncheon tomorrow. I look forward to sharing my reflections on the challenges facing #Africa and, even more, on the great opportunities that make the continent key to #USA🇺🇲 strategic interests.
As a fight against repression and aggression, the U.S. war in Vietnam was indeed noble. But for it to be more fully just it should also have been winnable or at least sustainable. According to McNamara at War, it was neither, which McNamara came to realize. @markdtooley
TOMORROW: Join Providence for our August foreign policy luncheon at noon on Tuesday, August 25, featuring Ambassador J. Peter Pham @DrJPPham, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Atlantic. Ambassador Pham will discuss “The Promise and the Peril of Africa.”
The luncheon will begin at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25 at the offices of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, located at 1023 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C. To attend, please RSVP at [email protected].
In democracies like the United States, constructive political discourse has become increasingly difficult owing to the different moral languages used across the political spectrum
Called it back in 2022 in @ProvMagazine, the day immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Tucker (and unfortunately many others) look at Xi and Putin with admiration.