Security Dilemmas
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I'm Richard Purcell, Louisiana native, proud UNC alum, former Capitol Hill staffer, SAIS grad, and (hopefully) keen observer of foreign policy and national security. Nukes are my specialty.
This is what Americans voted for.
November 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is what Americans voted for.
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Sure, it will undermine global security and push our adversaries to test their own nuclear weapons - but great news! It will also send “a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support”
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sure, it will undermine global security and push our adversaries to test their own nuclear weapons - but great news! It will also send “a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support”
There's another term for this that used to be popular among national security hawks in the 1970s and 80s w/r to the Soviet Union, and again in the years leading up to the Iraq invasion in 2003: mirror-imaging.
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There's another term for this that used to be popular among national security hawks in the 1970s and 80s w/r to the Soviet Union, and again in the years leading up to the Iraq invasion in 2003: mirror-imaging.
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
― Theodore Roosevelt
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
― Theodore Roosevelt
Strong men, also cry. Strong men. Also cry.
— Jeffrey Lebowski
— Jeffrey Lebowski
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Strong men, also cry. Strong men. Also cry.
— Jeffrey Lebowski
— Jeffrey Lebowski
The A-10 was built to take a lot of punishment, though. It was not a fragile aircraft. Still, if my memory serves, the Pentagon expected that in a war in Europe, the entire A-10 fleet would only last a week or so. But NATO only had sufficient munitions to fight for a couple of weeks in general.
September 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The A-10 was built to take a lot of punishment, though. It was not a fragile aircraft. Still, if my memory serves, the Pentagon expected that in a war in Europe, the entire A-10 fleet would only last a week or so. But NATO only had sufficient munitions to fight for a couple of weeks in general.