Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs
3/7/2025 I wonder where the Ukrainians will test the secret nuclear device (if they don’t already have a program going they should start immediately) that they will want the world…
3/6/2025 Do the recent actions of the Trump administration, particularly those of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) more closely resemble: a) An attempt to better serve the public,…
2/28/2025 If Trump had been president in 1940: “Winston, Germany didn’t invade Poland, you did. We’ve spent too much money, and you haven’t said thank you enough. Hitler is offering…
2//24/2025 Donald Trump and MAGAworld have been screaming their heads off that Europe and NATO are dependent on the Unites States for their defense, and have not been spending enough…
2/24/2025 Donald Trump has already quoted Napoleon, declaring that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Up next? Perhaps Louis XIV “L’etat c’est moi?”
2/21/2025 Purge among the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior military leadership. When do we stop talking about being on the verge of a constitutional crisis and admit we…
2/17/2025 I am awestruck: I thought it would take Trump a couple of years to destroy the United States, but Trump has already made an impressive start in his first…
2/13/2025 Apparently Donald Trump, President of the United States and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia are to meet and end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine is not invited. I would…
2/12/2025 There is an old story, well known and beloved by most in the military and by military historians, and almost certainly legendary, that goes like this: Supposedly, the old…
2//9/2025 Big Thought of the Moment: We are not, as Senator Andy Kim, Democrat of New Jersey, has suggest, “on the cusp of a Constitutional crisis.” It is rather that…
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