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Wright Smith
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MIT Security Studies political science PhD student, wartime prioritization and multi-front dilemmas. Also movies and pop culture musings.
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“You know, they’re all kids in Washington. It’s like Bugsy Malone, but with real guns.”

In the Loop, 2009
Still image of Gina Mckee playing the character Judy Molloy from the 2009 comedy film “In the Loop.”
April 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Still image of Sean Connery playing James Bond with the caption “the name’s Bond. Treasury Bond.”
April 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Same energy.
Scene from the show “30 Rock” featuring the character Jenna Maroney singing a song called “It’s Tennis Night in America.”
April 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Scene from the television show “Arrested Development” showing the characters Lindsay and Tobias talking to each other. They are labeled ‘“Cult of the Special Forces” believers’ and their conversation goes: “What if we emulate past militaries that built a cult of individual military prowess instead of complex logistics and material superiority?” “Well did it work for those people?” “No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into think it might, but…but it might work for us.”
March 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Extremely unimportant with all that is happening, but I noticed tonight the CIA CREST online documents database is not working well at all-many docs not loading (displaying the error below). Hopefully just site maintenance, but if your research uses this, you might want to search through it asap.
Screenshot of an error from the CIA CREST documents website reading “We apologize for the inconvenience, but the link you are trying to access is undergoing scheduled maintenance. During this time, access to the page is temporarily unavailable. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and please check back shortly.”
March 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Starship Troopers remains undefeated in its contemporary relevance.
Still from “Starship Troopers” from 1997 depicting a news commenter saying “Brain bugs? Frankly I find the idea of a bug that thinks offensive!”
March 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM