Hitler tells Neville Chamberlain he'll halt war in exchange for the Sudetenland.
And the rest of Czechoslovakia. And Danzig. And the rest of Poland. And Denmark. And the Low Countries. And Northern France. And...
Kori Schake
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This is already hitting the defense sector hard and will only expand. Government procurement of high ticket US goods is in jeopardy when other cost-effective options exist…none larger than defense (Spain buys planes from Sweden, Aus buys ships from Japan, LatAm seeks options…happening in real time).
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I don't think any Ukrainian government can agree to giving Russia territory it doesn't control or allow an additional 500,000 Ukrainian civilians who live there to be surrendered to Russia. It's taken RU 18 months to gain 30 KM2 -- this would give them an additional 6,500 KM2.
A couple of points:
- Eastern Ukraine is not Trump’s to bargain away.
- This 1-on-1 meeting is already a huge win for Putin. By sidelining Zelenskyy, Putin has reinforced his narrative about the illegitimacy of #Ukraine as a sovereign state. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Putin Tells U.S. He’ll Halt War in Exchange for Eastern Ukraine
President Trump said he would meet with Putin next week in Alaska to discuss ending the war.
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Interesting look at a US exporter losing sales overseas not bc of retaliatory tariffs or higher input costs but bc his customers simply don't want to buy American any more. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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"Just because you're struggling doesn't mean you're broken." So much encouraging in this story.
My Job Was Army Cook. But Ranger School Didn’t Care, and I Wasn’t Going Home Without a Tab
I joined the Army as a cook, thinking it would keep me out of trouble. I wasn’t looking to be a hero; I just needed a reset. But the Army had other plans.
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"The Defense Department began construction in mid-July on a detention center at Fort Bliss, TX, in response to a request for assistance from the Dept of Homeland Security...[D]etention center capacity is expected to reach 5,000...'for the deportation of illegal aliens.'"
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4269101/dod-constructing-large-detention-center-at-fort-bliss/
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Monuments are not history, they are commemoration. They demonstrate the values we want people to emulate.
It’s worth asking what values monuments of Confederates are supposed to teach.
Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery: "We recognize our history. We don't erase it. We don't follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues ... we're proud of our history."
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Lurking beneath TYFYS culture has always been the addendum “thank you for keeping us free” when what the military does is keep you “secure” — the “free” part is up to the voter
Jason Smith responds to Graham Parson's Lawfare article which argues that political neutrality in the military may require officers to refuse lawful orders, writing that his approach risks undermining the democratic values it aims to safeguard.
The Dangerous Appeal of Military Insubordination
A rebuttal to Parsons’s civil-military argument.
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"All of this would be amusing if it were not so appallingly destructive." Savage accuracy from @eliotacohen.bsky.social
Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.
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Goodbye designated hitter
Completely fix baseball with three words.
