egils
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OrthodoxIslamic LGBT-Pagan New Age Banderite Spiritualist With Soviet VDV Characteristics
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Here. I wrote about the point of deciding to just fight and die on a hill rather than endlessly calculating the best moment to put up an opposition.
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Going Down Swinging
The Point of Putting Up a Fight
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March 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Here. I wrote about the point of deciding to just fight and die on a hill rather than endlessly calculating the best moment to put up an opposition.
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🧵 My personal thoughts as a soldier who took part in Kursk operation for four months.
I want to tell you more about Russian manoeuvres and assaults at the Western flank.
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I want to tell you more about Russian manoeuvres and assaults at the Western flank.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🧵 My personal thoughts as a soldier who took part in Kursk operation for four months.
I want to tell you more about Russian manoeuvres and assaults at the Western flank.
Help us with batteries (membership is highly appreciated)
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I want to tell you more about Russian manoeuvres and assaults at the Western flank.
Help us with batteries (membership is highly appreciated)
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As hurtful as it sounds, the United States is siding with Russia by demanding Ukrainian resources and threatening with action for refusal to comply. We are being robbed by the world's two largest nuclear powers. Welcome back to the 21st-century Molotov-Ribbentrop reality
February 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As hurtful as it sounds, the United States is siding with Russia by demanding Ukrainian resources and threatening with action for refusal to comply. We are being robbed by the world's two largest nuclear powers. Welcome back to the 21st-century Molotov-Ribbentrop reality
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In the interest of being petty, I'm going to point out everything wrong with Dan Bessner's salvo against liberal internationalism.
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
jacobin.com/2025/02/trum...
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
jacobin.com/2025/02/trum...
Donald Trump Is Dismantling Liberal Internationalism
America’s belief that it can be militarily dominant in every major region appears to be wavering. But without challengers, the Republicans’ loss of conviction in liberal internationalism will harden i...
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February 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In the interest of being petty, I'm going to point out everything wrong with Dan Bessner's salvo against liberal internationalism.
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
jacobin.com/2025/02/trum...
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
jacobin.com/2025/02/trum...
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Another week comes to an end, where I met many interesting people and had some great discussions. I want to express my opinion regarding some events I’m observing.
January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Another week comes to an end, where I met many interesting people and had some great discussions. I want to express my opinion regarding some events I’m observing.
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Yes, before you ask, I wrote this entirely because I thought of a good title.
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The American Agamemnon
The Trouble With Civil-Military Relations in Our Times
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January 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Yes, before you ask, I wrote this entirely because I thought of a good title.
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People don't seem to grasp that deterrence—the ability to constrain behavior by holding in reserve the threat of violence—has effectively caused cartels to not target (over 1 million) US citizens in Mexico.
You lose that deterrence when you actually use violence and disturb the tacit agreement.
You lose that deterrence when you actually use violence and disturb the tacit agreement.
Like what are we gonna do if there's basically a Beslan-level incident at a resort in a previously "safe" part of Mexico and there are hundreds of Americans held hostage? Is anyone prepared for that? Are we ready for the aftermath if it gets bloody? This can go so horribly wrong, so quickly.
January 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
People don't seem to grasp that deterrence—the ability to constrain behavior by holding in reserve the threat of violence—has effectively caused cartels to not target (over 1 million) US citizens in Mexico.
You lose that deterrence when you actually use violence and disturb the tacit agreement.
You lose that deterrence when you actually use violence and disturb the tacit agreement.
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If your starting point is "Concessions need to be made by both Russia and Ukraine" then you have absolutely no understanding of geopolitics, and you cannot ever be trusted in a position within government. Straight up.
January 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If your starting point is "Concessions need to be made by both Russia and Ukraine" then you have absolutely no understanding of geopolitics, and you cannot ever be trusted in a position within government. Straight up.
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Now, leaders of *all* Georgian opposition parties have been physically attacked or assaulted or detained, either by police, thugs, or, as in Gakharia's case, by GD MPs themselves -- Gvaramia, Vashadze, Elisashvili, Zura J, Helen Khoshtaria, etc and of course dozens journalists & hundreds citizens.
Giorgi Gakharia, leader of the “For Georgia” party, was attacked at the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi.
GD members were involved in the attack, allegedly including Dimitri Samkharadze.
Gakharia has been hospitalized.
#terrorinGeorgia
GD members were involved in the attack, allegedly including Dimitri Samkharadze.
Gakharia has been hospitalized.
#terrorinGeorgia
January 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Now, leaders of *all* Georgian opposition parties have been physically attacked or assaulted or detained, either by police, thugs, or, as in Gakharia's case, by GD MPs themselves -- Gvaramia, Vashadze, Elisashvili, Zura J, Helen Khoshtaria, etc and of course dozens journalists & hundreds citizens.
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The 2023 Victory plan theory
AFU reached artillery parity with RuAF by the fourth quarter of 2023 number.
By that time russians were firing about 7-8k rounds a day.
And already failed Avdiivka operation, US was blocking the aid, preparing to negotiations.
www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3...
AFU reached artillery parity with RuAF by the fourth quarter of 2023 number.
By that time russians were firing about 7-8k rounds a day.
And already failed Avdiivka operation, US was blocking the aid, preparing to negotiations.
www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3...
Кількість пострілів російської артилерії «просіла» з 70 тисяч за добу до 8 тисяч - військові
Кількість пострілів російської артилерії за добу скоротилася з 70-80 тисяч на початку повномасштабної війни до 8 тисяч у середньому зараз. — Укрінформ.
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January 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The 2023 Victory plan theory
AFU reached artillery parity with RuAF by the fourth quarter of 2023 number.
By that time russians were firing about 7-8k rounds a day.
And already failed Avdiivka operation, US was blocking the aid, preparing to negotiations.
www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3...
AFU reached artillery parity with RuAF by the fourth quarter of 2023 number.
By that time russians were firing about 7-8k rounds a day.
And already failed Avdiivka operation, US was blocking the aid, preparing to negotiations.
www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3...
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Here is the Issue for Putin:
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
January 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Here is the Issue for Putin:
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
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With over 1,700 soldiers went AWOL from the 155th Brigade before combat deployment, this should serve as an indictment of CiC Alexander Syrski. The brigade was armed with Western weaponry and trained in France, thus the issue is in organizational and leadership failure.
Source (link) is below:
Source (link) is below:
January 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
With over 1,700 soldiers went AWOL from the 155th Brigade before combat deployment, this should serve as an indictment of CiC Alexander Syrski. The brigade was armed with Western weaponry and trained in France, thus the issue is in organizational and leadership failure.
Source (link) is below:
Source (link) is below:
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We were told that we don’t need traditional media - we need citizen journalism.
Meanwhile, citizen journalism:
Meanwhile, citizen journalism:
December 31, 2024 at 7:34 PM
We were told that we don’t need traditional media - we need citizen journalism.
Meanwhile, citizen journalism:
Meanwhile, citizen journalism:
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I've taken a brief moment away from the Holidays to write about what I think the core guiding belief-system of the Trump national security team is. I'm going back to drinking now.
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The New American Imperialism
The Strong Doing Whatever Dumb Thing They Want
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December 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
I've taken a brief moment away from the Holidays to write about what I think the core guiding belief-system of the Trump national security team is. I'm going back to drinking now.
othermeans.io/p/the-new-am...
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Ukraine’s failure to fix organizational issues and replace inefficient commanders has eroded trust in the system to the point, where severe recruitment shortages and desertion levels are so high that no amount of aid can fix it
The window of opportunity to change is closing
The window of opportunity to change is closing
December 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Ukraine’s failure to fix organizational issues and replace inefficient commanders has eroded trust in the system to the point, where severe recruitment shortages and desertion levels are so high that no amount of aid can fix it
The window of opportunity to change is closing
The window of opportunity to change is closing
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This is pretty much the Elbridge Colby approach. It's not that these people think what the CCP is doing is horrible (in fact, they'd support many of these things if they were happening in America at the hands of people they favor) it's that they just can't stand it.
I used to be a China hawk but I’m increasingly of the opinion that a non-trivial reason why a lot of nominally national security minded folks want to fight it is just because it is there.
It's even worse in nukeland.
The arsenal exists in no insignificant part to extend deterrence to allies. If its only job was keeping China from whacking the US homeland over the head with a stick you wouldn't need, say, SLCM-N. So why lobby for SLCM-N or 400 warheads a year with "America First"?
The arsenal exists in no insignificant part to extend deterrence to allies. If its only job was keeping China from whacking the US homeland over the head with a stick you wouldn't need, say, SLCM-N. So why lobby for SLCM-N or 400 warheads a year with "America First"?
December 12, 2024 at 3:15 AM
This is pretty much the Elbridge Colby approach. It's not that these people think what the CCP is doing is horrible (in fact, they'd support many of these things if they were happening in America at the hands of people they favor) it's that they just can't stand it.
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Another lesson: The world will not come together to intervene on purely humanitarian/human rights grounds. If you stay more or less within your borders, you can pretty much do what you want.
December 9, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Another lesson: The world will not come together to intervene on purely humanitarian/human rights grounds. If you stay more or less within your borders, you can pretty much do what you want.
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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my theory as to why democracy has deteriorated so much across the West is that newer generations have simply forgotten what authoritarianism looks like.
WW2 and the Cold war acted as reminders of what sliding into illiberalism looks like, but that history simply isn't there for ppl under 40
WW2 and the Cold war acted as reminders of what sliding into illiberalism looks like, but that history simply isn't there for ppl under 40
A few important fact to remember:
S. Korea lived under some form of military dictatorship from 1965-1988!
Brazil lived under a military dictatorship from 1964-1985!
Democracy is not an abstraction to these folk, it's a vulnerable thing that they want to protect.
S. Korea lived under some form of military dictatorship from 1965-1988!
Brazil lived under a military dictatorship from 1964-1985!
Democracy is not an abstraction to these folk, it's a vulnerable thing that they want to protect.
December 3, 2024 at 6:29 PM
my theory as to why democracy has deteriorated so much across the West is that newer generations have simply forgotten what authoritarianism looks like.
WW2 and the Cold war acted as reminders of what sliding into illiberalism looks like, but that history simply isn't there for ppl under 40
WW2 and the Cold war acted as reminders of what sliding into illiberalism looks like, but that history simply isn't there for ppl under 40
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We leveled your cities, carried out mass executions of civilians and POWs, denied your nationhood and language, denied your agency to conduct foreign policy, and invaded you twice. But if you downsize your army and become neutral, we promise we won't touch you again, trust me bro
November 23, 2024 at 10:31 PM
We leveled your cities, carried out mass executions of civilians and POWs, denied your nationhood and language, denied your agency to conduct foreign policy, and invaded you twice. But if you downsize your army and become neutral, we promise we won't touch you again, trust me bro