Recent content by newarkvol

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    Iran

    Hegseth/Alex Jones---they both sorta run together with me. All good...no sir! I suppose my joking retort landed badly. Keep up the good work...And keep satisfying those wives.
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    Iran

    Hegseth Jr.??!!, Hegseeeeth Jr.!!!! Go to BED! BTW, LIKED on your comment: "So when we lose mid terms because of the Iran War… is there still a path to a 2028 Victory for Republicans? I feel that DJT has completely destroyed any lead/head start we had for the next Presidency. I think a...
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    Iran

    Robert Pape cont... Airpower alone has never produced positive regime change. I don’t mean rarely. I mean never... The pattern is consistent: air campaigns aimed at political transformation almost always harden the target instead."...
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    Iran

    Uuuhh....that was a different set of circumstances. Robert Pape’s Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (1996) argues that strategic bombing to punish civilians is ineffective, while air power works best through "denial"—targeting military forces and logistical infrastructure. Pape...
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    Iran

    Schrödinger’s strait after downing a bottle of Four Roses: "If you ignore the shooting, the production of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater was a triumph"
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    President Donald Trump - J.D. Vance Administration

    This sounds great! What could go wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/us/politics/wall-street-access-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.8NMh.sT0_erGdUIZq&smid=url-share (No pay wall) Full mask off corporatocracy/plutocracy
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    Too much ice

    Decent read: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/shot-by-border-patrol-then-called-a-domestic-terrorist Let me know if anyone hits a paywall -- I'll provide text.
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    Iran

    Roughly a third of the force we sent to Grenada. Hopefully, mainly providing base/ embassy security- maybe help with evacuations?
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    Affordability discussion (split from Iran thread)

    I've been reading this guy's work on and off for the last several years-- I have some issues with his methodology, data integrity, and the deterministic nature of his conclusions, but still an interesting read: "Peter Turchin, a founder of cliodynamics, predicts rising instability in the U.S...
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    President Donald Trump - J.D. Vance Administration

    SIAP: WHY? Imagine if the other team began implementing a "Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force." Off the top of my head this would violate the following historical conservative principles: 1. Further erosion of Federalism (10th amendment)- National Guard under control of Governors...
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    Iran

    https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-israel#:~:text=As%20of%20April%202025%2C%20the,of%20a%20significant%20military%20emergency. (Link works) U.S. Security Cooperation with Israel
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    Iran

    This fool sees his most loyal supporters as cannon fodder. Project 100,000 / Autistic Boogaloo
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    Iran

    Leaving this here without comment only rough translation: "In memory of the victims of Epstein Island"
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    Iran

    Whaaat?
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    Iran

    Nm....
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