Sean D. Naylor
@seandnaylor.bsky.social
Co-founder of @thehighside.bsky.social; author of "Not a Good Day to Die" and "Relentless Strike;" previously a staff writer at Army Times, Foreign Policy and Yahoo News; other work in The New York Times and Newsweek.
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"In many ways McChrystal, Flynn, McRaven, and their subordinates had designed and built the perfect hammer for the National Command Authority. The risk was that as a result, successive administrations would continue to view too many national security problems as nails."
From Relentless Strike
From Relentless Strike
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"In many ways McChrystal, Flynn, McRaven, and their subordinates had designed and built the perfect hammer for the National Command Authority. The risk was that as a result, successive administrations would continue to view too many national security problems as nails."
From Relentless Strike
From Relentless Strike
Reposted by Sean D. Naylor
SEAL Team 6 is usually thought of as an organization of on-the-ground/in-the-water operators, which it is. But its headquarters, and those of its squadrons, have extensive experience running (congressionally authorized) JSOC drone strike campaigns in northeastern Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia.
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
SEAL Team 6 is usually thought of as an organization of on-the-ground/in-the-water operators, which it is. But its headquarters, and those of its squadrons, have extensive experience running (congressionally authorized) JSOC drone strike campaigns in northeastern Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia.
Reposted by Sean D. Naylor
This is a great read
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is a great read