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Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs
5/23/2026 Scary Thought for the Memorial Day Weekend: Memorial Day began as a tribute to the dead (700,000 or so according to the latest estimates) of the American Civil War.…
5/16/2026 Worrisome Thought of the day: Is the People’s Liberation Army “Great General Staff” telling Xi that if he’s going to do it, now’s the time. (Picking up on something…
5/10/2025 I have argued before that the appearance of swarms of drones, ones that are that are now cheap enough to be used to hunt individuals, and to create an…
4/22/2026 The United States flat cannot afford a $1.5 Trillion Defense budget: the size of the public debt, the unwillingness of the Republicans, in particular, to find ways to raise…
4/18/2026 Thoughts about the War in Iran: In terms of who’s winning and who’s losing I am of the school that thinks that Iran, through seizing control of the Strait…
3/30/2026 I wrote this three days ago about the state of the war in Iran and thought I would post it here and see if anyone wishes to comment. It…
4/1/26 I posted the following as a reply to someone’s comment and I am impressed enough by my own brilliance that I am posting it here as well for anyone…
1/2/2026 With the New Year comes Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as Mayor of New York City — and a significant part of the Democratic establishment is clutching their pearls at the…
December 29,2025 I recently came across a previously unknown atrocity committed by the French in World War I. While reading a description of the Vivien-Bessiere Rifle Grenade, it stated that…
December 28, 2025 Thought for the Day: I was recently looking at pictures of the field uniforms of French soldiers at the beginning of the Great War in 1914 and…
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