That’s what’s up

So “four alternative concepts” are articulated as force levels and what those force levels can do without really saying much about the logic behind these different “concepts” or how the goals or methods are different.
I’d rather get alternative strategies that foreground the goals and causal logic.

Nothing to see here, just Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. USMC (RET.) quoting the Counting Crows

Describing a meeting with Trump:
“we had the usual preface of general-bashing that always began these sessions…”

Created this for an in-class simulation about climate crisis caused by nonstate actor purposely attempting to raise the temperature on Earth by 10 degrees Celsius

Theory of success:

In class we analyzed the article “Putin’s Point of No Return” by Andrea Kendall-Taylor and @michaelkofman.bsky.social

Theory of the challenge:

I think this headline explains a lot. Imagine if it read “Zelensky, who stood up to Putin now bows to Trump”
Zelensky and Ukraine would be cooked, no independence just a supplicant of Trump to be used and abused as he wishes. It’s risky but for now Zelensky has avoided Rubio-ification

Americans view Trump unfavorably but approve, not sure how that works

Baltic porter. Reminds me of The Russia House c. 2010

Trump taking EO requests like it’s a talk show or something

If one of my students were to include this in a college term paper I would simply write WTF?! in the margin and give them a D.

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