#Iraq

Major Good Vibes

MikePerryavatar

A short thread on killing and moral ambiguity.A friend and coworker in Iraq borrowed my spare ASP (an expanding metal baton) one day, then broke it on a man's body

Deanna Raybourn

deannaraybourn

There are eleventy thousand projects about Agatha Christie's missing days so now can I get a film about how at 40 she took up with a 26-year-old archaeologist, swam with

Shah

shahhhhahmed

Misconception about the collapse of the Ottoman Empire:A thread : A lot of past historians viewed the Ottoman empire from the 19th century to the 20th as the "sick man"

Who's Gonna Be Lucky Indicted #2? - Brian Cates

drawandstrike

Can't wait to watch Biden explain how the guy who:1) de-escalated North/South Korea2) destroyed ISIS3) untied the Syria/Turkey/Kurd Gordian knot4) got the Israel/UAE deal5) got the Serbia Kosovo deal6) is

Max Ajl

maxajl

It is shocking that anyone takes at face value US claims of ‘fighting ISIS’ or ‘protecting the Kurds’ when so-called counterterrorism & protecting minorities have been the literal justifications for

Homer Hickam

realhomerhickam

So, & this is just off the top of my head, am I to understand that the same geniuses in DC who- told the world in 1950 that Korea was

Mark Fitzpatrick

MarkTFitz

We already knew that John Bolton was obsessed with Iran and believed that only bombing and regime change could stop its nuclear threat. Reading his book made me realize how

Rohan Sachdeva

iRohanSachdeva

It's getting increasingly clear that the West must deal with tyrant Turkey delicately, or risk pushing them into Iran's embrace- a nation with diametrically opposite ambitions in the region- and

Robert Young Pelton

RYP__

Media is suddenly realizing why Esper got fired. Pentagon is humming. Erik's PowerPoint is number one with a bullet. Mercenaries in Dallas still on digital silence planning the move. All

Major Good Vibes

MikePerryavatar

I got a friend retiring from the military and currently doing all the medical stuff for the VA claim. Had hesitation about seeing behavioral health. We talked a bit and

Richard Medhurst 🇸🇾🇵🇸

richimedhurst

Kristinn Hrafnsson @khrafnsson editor in chief of @wikileaks arrives at the Old Bailey for Day 3 of the #Assange extradition hearing. I will be posting live updates below. First witness

Mike Nelson

mikenelson586

Both of these were absolutely horrible under Austin. The withdrawal was ordered at the last minute and failed to anticipate the political landscape. We left behind no means by which

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

Yeaaahhhh... Alito is a monster. He gave a speech at @FedSoc and, while I’m still waiting on the full translation from the original German, it seems pretty bad. He doesn’t

Frank

FrankBullit67

Today is the 19th anniversary of 9/11. It was one of those days you'll never forget in your life as long as you're alive. I was at home in India

Afghan Historians

AfghanHistorian

TALIBAN:The #Taliban overthrew the Rabbani government in September 1996. #Hekmatyar fled to northern #Afghanistan. Unwilling to join forces with his old rival #Massoud, he made plans to evacuate to #Iran.

TheDorMouse

DorMouseSez

We need to take a moment to think about the following things. 1 - That there are some real deep water issues that neither party addressed for 20 years. That

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