Michael C. Davies
@blobodelendaest.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Defence Studies, KCL. Strategic Victory in theory and practice. Lessons from Wars of 9/11.
Purveyor of Mission Accomplished banners
Purveyor of Mission Accomplished banners
Don’t forget Patton, American Sniper, and Transformers
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Don’t forget Patton, American Sniper, and Transformers
Well done. I needed a good laugh.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Well done. I needed a good laugh.
Saddam’s revenge
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Saddam’s revenge
He wasn’t a Nazi. But he created the specific conditions in which Nazis would thrive.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
He wasn’t a Nazi. But he created the specific conditions in which Nazis would thrive.
Yup. By not punishing those responsible for starting it, nor reforming the entire nat sec system to ensure both the war and the failures through the war never happened again, led to Trump promising people we'd 'never stop winning', which is one thing that helped get him elected the first time.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Yup. By not punishing those responsible for starting it, nor reforming the entire nat sec system to ensure both the war and the failures through the war never happened again, led to Trump promising people we'd 'never stop winning', which is one thing that helped get him elected the first time.
On the privileged vote, say, if 100 Members of Congress demand a vote on a pardon, every member HAS to vote on it?
Nice. I like that. That's what I want for war powers. Vote, regardless of how, on a war powers resolution, or be removed from Congress/the Presidency without ability to be voted back.
Nice. I like that. That's what I want for war powers. Vote, regardless of how, on a war powers resolution, or be removed from Congress/the Presidency without ability to be voted back.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
On the privileged vote, say, if 100 Members of Congress demand a vote on a pardon, every member HAS to vote on it?
Nice. I like that. That's what I want for war powers. Vote, regardless of how, on a war powers resolution, or be removed from Congress/the Presidency without ability to be voted back.
Nice. I like that. That's what I want for war powers. Vote, regardless of how, on a war powers resolution, or be removed from Congress/the Presidency without ability to be voted back.
Aren't pardons already in a public register or have to be published somehow??? Or was that just a norm?
I like the idea of Congress being able to veto a pardon. But I fear how it will be used. Hence why I want the blanket ban for all government people first.
I like the idea of Congress being able to veto a pardon. But I fear how it will be used. Hence why I want the blanket ban for all government people first.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Aren't pardons already in a public register or have to be published somehow??? Or was that just a norm?
I like the idea of Congress being able to veto a pardon. But I fear how it will be used. Hence why I want the blanket ban for all government people first.
I like the idea of Congress being able to veto a pardon. But I fear how it will be used. Hence why I want the blanket ban for all government people first.
Agree to all Exec Branch.
I also want the State/Federal pardon power removed for anyone who did crimes in/at the behest of any political office.
I also want the State/Federal pardon power removed for anyone who did crimes in/at the behest of any political office.
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Agree to all Exec Branch.
I also want the State/Federal pardon power removed for anyone who did crimes in/at the behest of any political office.
I also want the State/Federal pardon power removed for anyone who did crimes in/at the behest of any political office.
The War on Drugs, anti-democratic crusades in LatAm, failed wars, stupid policies, tax law, awful funding regimes, all of these have combined to create this moment.
Changing, fixing, and enforcing these things will help to fix so many of the problems that are being used to justify this moment.
Changing, fixing, and enforcing these things will help to fix so many of the problems that are being used to justify this moment.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The War on Drugs, anti-democratic crusades in LatAm, failed wars, stupid policies, tax law, awful funding regimes, all of these have combined to create this moment.
Changing, fixing, and enforcing these things will help to fix so many of the problems that are being used to justify this moment.
Changing, fixing, and enforcing these things will help to fix so many of the problems that are being used to justify this moment.
Yes. A truly effective policing arm is wholly against freedom and democracy. The social contract has many tensions that must be tread carefully on.
But it’s more that the problems we have with DHS are also the inevitable outcomes of terrible US domestic and national security sec policy.
But it’s more that the problems we have with DHS are also the inevitable outcomes of terrible US domestic and national security sec policy.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Yes. A truly effective policing arm is wholly against freedom and democracy. The social contract has many tensions that must be tread carefully on.
But it’s more that the problems we have with DHS are also the inevitable outcomes of terrible US domestic and national security sec policy.
But it’s more that the problems we have with DHS are also the inevitable outcomes of terrible US domestic and national security sec policy.
It’s more the connective tissue between low level crims to the national and cross-national ones.
Even moreso when terrorism is involved.
We all got so damn lucky with Oklahoma City. Lots of the cleavages in law enforcement could have easily missed the clues and connections.
Even moreso when terrorism is involved.
We all got so damn lucky with Oklahoma City. Lots of the cleavages in law enforcement could have easily missed the clues and connections.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s more the connective tissue between low level crims to the national and cross-national ones.
Even moreso when terrorism is involved.
We all got so damn lucky with Oklahoma City. Lots of the cleavages in law enforcement could have easily missed the clues and connections.
Even moreso when terrorism is involved.
We all got so damn lucky with Oklahoma City. Lots of the cleavages in law enforcement could have easily missed the clues and connections.
To make your version work, the primary thing that would have to be kept is the fusion centers. Operations and intel single working groups would have to be your primary aim point to make any new system work, both functionally, politically, and publicly.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
To make your version work, the primary thing that would have to be kept is the fusion centers. Operations and intel single working groups would have to be your primary aim point to make any new system work, both functionally, politically, and publicly.
Now, if you want to recreate DHS to put it under Justice, totally valuable idea.
I'd also offer that perhaps we should make Justice someone only accountable to Congress. They are selected by Congress, not by the Executive.
But that also gives A LOT of power to someone who cannot be fired on a whim
I'd also offer that perhaps we should make Justice someone only accountable to Congress. They are selected by Congress, not by the Executive.
But that also gives A LOT of power to someone who cannot be fired on a whim
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Now, if you want to recreate DHS to put it under Justice, totally valuable idea.
I'd also offer that perhaps we should make Justice someone only accountable to Congress. They are selected by Congress, not by the Executive.
But that also gives A LOT of power to someone who cannot be fired on a whim
I'd also offer that perhaps we should make Justice someone only accountable to Congress. They are selected by Congress, not by the Executive.
But that also gives A LOT of power to someone who cannot be fired on a whim
The same with the DNI. Before it, the US has 17??? intel agencies, and no coordinating element between them.
In a situation like that you can either corral them into a DNI-type situation, force them into a very small number of different Departments together, or create a single intel department.
In a situation like that you can either corral them into a DNI-type situation, force them into a very small number of different Departments together, or create a single intel department.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The same with the DNI. Before it, the US has 17??? intel agencies, and no coordinating element between them.
In a situation like that you can either corral them into a DNI-type situation, force them into a very small number of different Departments together, or create a single intel department.
In a situation like that you can either corral them into a DNI-type situation, force them into a very small number of different Departments together, or create a single intel department.
Hart-Rudman was released in January 2001. And then promptly ignored.
Because it was resoundingly agreed that so many of the reasons the hijackers got through the system was because of the existing faults and bureaucratic gaps, and the outlined DHS would've paved them over, it was rushed through.
Because it was resoundingly agreed that so many of the reasons the hijackers got through the system was because of the existing faults and bureaucratic gaps, and the outlined DHS would've paved them over, it was rushed through.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hart-Rudman was released in January 2001. And then promptly ignored.
Because it was resoundingly agreed that so many of the reasons the hijackers got through the system was because of the existing faults and bureaucratic gaps, and the outlined DHS would've paved them over, it was rushed through.
Because it was resoundingly agreed that so many of the reasons the hijackers got through the system was because of the existing faults and bureaucratic gaps, and the outlined DHS would've paved them over, it was rushed through.
Again, the coordinator/liaison officer positions had been tried for a long time. They were regularly referred to as 'hostages' and readily ignored. This is all outlined in the 9/11 Commission report and other assessments.
DHS's purpose was to force the interaction, force a reporting system.
DHS's purpose was to force the interaction, force a reporting system.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Again, the coordinator/liaison officer positions had been tried for a long time. They were regularly referred to as 'hostages' and readily ignored. This is all outlined in the 9/11 Commission report and other assessments.
DHS's purpose was to force the interaction, force a reporting system.
DHS's purpose was to force the interaction, force a reporting system.
But the point of Hart-Rudman was to acknowledge that that same system wasn't working, it wasn't aligned to the post-Cold War world, had caused multiple failures already, and needed to be fixed. DHS was the outcome of that working group.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
But the point of Hart-Rudman was to acknowledge that that same system wasn't working, it wasn't aligned to the post-Cold War world, had caused multiple failures already, and needed to be fixed. DHS was the outcome of that working group.
You do actually need something like DHS.
It’s just that it’s also clear we need a whole host of new Constitutional Amendments, laws covering executive power, stronger criminal statues for abuse of power, and a better electoral system.
It’s just that it’s also clear we need a whole host of new Constitutional Amendments, laws covering executive power, stronger criminal statues for abuse of power, and a better electoral system.
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You do actually need something like DHS.
It’s just that it’s also clear we need a whole host of new Constitutional Amendments, laws covering executive power, stronger criminal statues for abuse of power, and a better electoral system.
It’s just that it’s also clear we need a whole host of new Constitutional Amendments, laws covering executive power, stronger criminal statues for abuse of power, and a better electoral system.
While the Department has disgraced itself, and is being used in ways that were never intended or justified for, you still need a covering agency/Department that melds all the disparate elements of law enforcement together so they can actually work properly together.
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
While the Department has disgraced itself, and is being used in ways that were never intended or justified for, you still need a covering agency/Department that melds all the disparate elements of law enforcement together so they can actually work properly together.
I will offer that a key reason these fools won was because they saw a problem—America keeps losing wars—and no one suffers for it and nothing changes. The establishment said it’s all good, and it wasn’t to anyone with eyes.
We’re suffering through a dolchstoss because they acknowledged a problem
We’re suffering through a dolchstoss because they acknowledged a problem
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I will offer that a key reason these fools won was because they saw a problem—America keeps losing wars—and no one suffers for it and nothing changes. The establishment said it’s all good, and it wasn’t to anyone with eyes.
We’re suffering through a dolchstoss because they acknowledged a problem
We’re suffering through a dolchstoss because they acknowledged a problem
Welcome to my life….
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Welcome to my life….
Genocide. He’s talking about genociding all Pashtuns. That’s really what the plan is.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Genocide. He’s talking about genociding all Pashtuns. That’s really what the plan is.
So basically 20-30% unemployment, financial collapse, and the collapse of all social services in order to give Palantir 10% of the USG budget.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So basically 20-30% unemployment, financial collapse, and the collapse of all social services in order to give Palantir 10% of the USG budget.
Historically, it would mean ceasing 2/3rds of all production and shifting it to war production. Which would mean most consumer shops would close up from a lack of goods coming, especially as all goods from China and friends would cease because we're going to war against them???
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Historically, it would mean ceasing 2/3rds of all production and shifting it to war production. Which would mean most consumer shops would close up from a lack of goods coming, especially as all goods from China and friends would cease because we're going to war against them???
But Panama was tiny, had existing US bases, Noriega wasn’t that popular, its military was dependent on the US, and we just replaced one set of narco-elites with another who kept it all much quieter.
Taking out Maduro is a no-nonsense regime change that would require total capitulation to work.
Taking out Maduro is a no-nonsense regime change that would require total capitulation to work.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
But Panama was tiny, had existing US bases, Noriega wasn’t that popular, its military was dependent on the US, and we just replaced one set of narco-elites with another who kept it all much quieter.
Taking out Maduro is a no-nonsense regime change that would require total capitulation to work.
Taking out Maduro is a no-nonsense regime change that would require total capitulation to work.