#FACTIONS

Meta-Take: Freedom and symbiosis I've written before about how a balance of power between different groups is perhaps the most essential factor in securing a free society.A second, complementary factor
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CIVIL WAR:Three years after the #Soviet withdrawal, the Afghan communist regime finally collapsed. In April 1992 the victorious #mujahideen converged on #Kabul. The long-term rivalry between #Hekmatyar and Massoud would
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From POLITICO Nightly tonight...https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly-coronavirus-special-edition/2020/06/16/mike-pences-abrupt-covid-shift-489544 VEEP IN THOUGHT — Since February there has been a rift inside the White Hou
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A thread, inspired by @RichardMedH's recent 出馬 tweet:Selected Japanese election/politics terms+ #JapanPolitics tidbitsNot authoritative; just based on my experience as a Lower House aide and in local elections.I'll add terms
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I have decided to take a dive into the d20 System era, so today’s game is its starting point, Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition (2000) from Wizards of the Coast.
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Please someone correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that if the kuffar take over some part of the Muslim lands, it makes the appointing of a khalifa
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Details I obtained about the jihadist infighting in northwestern Syria, and about Ansar al-Islam's leadership and members (that ancient pre-ISIS Iraqi jihadi group.)I checked with a few knowledgeable sources in
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Say hello to one Trent Andrew Ortner aka the now infamous “Banshee Actual”. Ortner is a convicted arsonist, Marine vet, and Hewitt, TX based Boogaloo insurgent. Fracturing from the shitshow
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The recent days quarrel between the #Iraqi gov. and resistance groups reflects an internal Iraqi power struggle more than a US-Iran showdown. With the upcoming anniversary of the killings of
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The intra-jihadi dynamic in #Idlib is rapidly intensifying, as #HTS is seeking to re-assert itself vis-a-vis (1) the opposition, (2) local civil society, (3) #Turkey & (4) increasingly exasperated #AlQaeda-leaning
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Congratulations to Afro-Brazilian journalist @Cecillia! She was nominated for the @RSF_inter (Reporters Without Borders) Press Freedom Awards for her impactful work on Rio de Janeiro's armed conflict involving police, militias
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Tonight in #PortlandRiots, rioters decided to target a Multnomah County office building at 501 SE Hawthorne for vandalism & arson. This site had not been targeted previously.https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/protesters-gat
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1/20 JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER MASONIC CREED -"We will keep their lives short and their minds weak while pretending to do the opposite. We will use our knowledge of science and
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According to our legal analysis @ICRC, there are around 100 armed conflicts around the world involving 60 States and 100+ non-state armed groups as parties to those conflicts.Thread about main
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Good morning all! In response to some questions I've been getting about my thesis, I'm going to post notes from a short presentation I gave to the @ArtofWarScholar program at
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Honor CulturesvsDignity CulturesvsVictimhood Cultures (Shame Cultures) This is not well-enough understood yet.We are undergoing a major shift in the very FOUNDATIONS of how we CONCEPTUALIZE morality, good and evil, right
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