Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One of the largest issues with attempting to make the argument that organized political violence is not the norm in how we relate to one another is that we're able to easily and directly observe the continued emergence of organized violence in a security vacuums. 1355544
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 26/06/2026There's an irony in that the failure to recognize non-white empires as *empires* with all of the exploitation that implies is fundamentally racist, predicated on the assumption that imperialism is something only white people are capable of (in both a moral and ability sense). 324129
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.social🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 16/04/2026This is two post soviet armies, neither of whom can achieve meaningful air dominance and neither of which can sustain the level of fires their doctrines require, looking for substitutes for artillery tubes they dont have 1359542
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I think it is both important and really difficult for folks to distinguish between 'rampant war crimes' of the sort that Russia, for instance, does in Ukraine as opposed to reduced but still very horrible amount of civilian suffering that a war waged according to law and custom entails. 642663
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.social(Un)Dead Carl 🎃 @deadcarl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Also just have some moral courage. Nothing in the world is certain. Sometimes you get betrayed. You can’t orient your priorities around a pathological fear of betrayal. You have to have the self-trust that you can cope with an adversarial situation to be able to undertake bold action. 219217
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Denmark is a NATO member state. Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela (and Cuba, formally) are OAS member states. 401341292
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026You can have democracy or you can have a military that fixes the mistakes of the electorate. You can’t have both. 1136748
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialZach Ota @zachota.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Democracy dies when the press uncritically lauds the most ethically and Constitutionally perilous military action of our lifetimes. 0375
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026You want civilian control of the military in a democracy. Well, this is it. Elect better civilians. You want the military to be part of the checks and balances? That’s a praetorian guard. 2758588
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Every Italian in the 1400s was actually Albanian 1401
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.social🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 06/12/2025❗️62% of 🇺🇸Americans want 🇺🇦Ukraine to win the war against 🇷🇺Russia, and 64% support the supply of weapons from the US — Reagan Institute poll. Support has grown in both parties: 59% of Republicans and 75% of Democrats. 1326770
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialBarbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social 903212833
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/11/2025Sean Duffy: "I can't guarantee safety" 6052182711
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber. 5974491326
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 05/11/2025mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless. 195803973
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The Irish front runner for pres is wrong for peace in Europe. Ru can't be stopped diplomatically. Trump nearly ended mil aid; 9mo of talks got nothing. Ru refuses a ceasefire. Calling Ru's war illegal is useless w/o helping Ukr. If Connolly gets her way, Europe wld be helping Ru win through inaction 912222
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialDjinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 11/10/2025"please don't go forty-eighter mode in front of my parents" me: 3809
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t 2133572773
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2025Newsom: "People ask, 'Are you being hyperbolic?' Bullshit we're being hyperbolic. If you're Black or brown, it's here in this country. And so I'm deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation's first bill to address masking ... these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian govt" 196113563095
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialDesert Girl @desertgirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Every time Dems cooperate with this regime they lose more respect and credibility. I want to see the Dems repeating Mitch McConnell’s stonewalling of President Obama, where they refuse to work with their political opponents on ANYTHING unless it directly benefits the middle class (and lower) people. 427924
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing. 1075239117130
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story. 11575512117323
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialAN/PRC-148 MBITRsweet Symphony @classywarfare.gobirds.online · 23/07/2025I feel like the left in the US polarized itself into willful ignorance on military policy and entirely ceded the foreign policy of it to the right because the military was viewed as de facto a right-wing tool and all use of military force as imperialistic 732244
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialJoel @storywonker.bsky.social · 23/07/2025This is why Defence is and should be a left-wing priority 213721
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialMax 🇺🇸 🌐☯ @maximumeffort433.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Obama and Biden deported more people because they were specifically targeting criminals; Trump's "all of the above" approach has sent a lot of people into hiding, making them harder to find and deport. No, it's actually Donald Trump and Republicans doing these mass deportations, not Democrats. 393
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.social(Un)Dead Carl 🎃 @deadcarl.bsky.social · 01/06/2025The firmest basis for peace between adversaries is mutual fear. The Russians might not have started a war if they feared the west might take advantage of their weakness. 2629
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialDavid Mouritsen @davidmouritsen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Inspiring. “‘America is the greatest democracy in the world, and I believe in those values that we share. I have faith in the American system of justice,’ Öztürk said... ‘This has been very difficult time for me, for my community… but I’m so grateful for all the support, kindness, and care.’” 19623
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro 537310015557
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialJim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 06/05/2025If former President Biden should’ve stopped Russia from invading Ukraine, does that mean President Trump should’ve stopped India from attacking Pakistan? 9647
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 06/05/2025In a major war, all of the battle space will be contested which means SOF will play a secondary role while battles are fought at the Corps/Division level. SOF, if anything are gonna act as glorified LRSTs. Unfortunately we'll have to relearn this in blood ala Kasserine Pass 060
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Also, if the conventional military did not succeed in this, there's no way any SOF unit would be able to conduct those surgical raids unencumbered. Their FOM was based off of the fact we already occupied most of the country 3/ 150
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 06/05/2025A lot of this interest in SOF ignores the fact that the conventional military campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq lasted for a month. The rest of the time was the military trying to consolidate gains/state build - not LSCO - which is something we'd do in a major war 2/ 190
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I think one of the biggest issues here, is that Pete and cohort don't believe that LSCO is something the US will ever do in the future. He thinks that some hyper trained ODAs or SEAL platoons will be enough to win a war ala GWOT (which, also, we didn't win) 1/ 2100
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 06/05/2025What makes this even dumber is that Trump was the one that passed the last trade deal (USMCA) 000
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I think there’s far more evidence for the exact opposite being true: the veneer of academic radicalism is meant to distract from relatively straightforward things like “we don’t have enough apartments”. Just so tired of this bullshit dude. 421428163
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/05/2025Maybe democratic leaders need to make it clear now: if you’re a nation that engaged in absolute corruption with the Trump family, you will absolutely pay a price when he is out of office. Our people deserve better 38297702022
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The extent of the administration's military education comes from watching 12 Strong and Marvel Avengers. 030
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 27/04/2025To recap, letting the Ukrainians hit Russian military assets actively attacking Ukraine within Russia is escalatory in a way that risks the conflict becoming WWIII but North Korea, a nuclear armed country on a different continent becoming an active co-belligerent is not 1050394
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/04/2025Nobody pursues a career in the civil service to make a fortune. You sure don’t get rich quick, and hardly anyone gets rich at all. That goes for government employees at any level, from park rangers and scientists to teachers, cops, diplomats, and military.thebulwark.comTrump and His Billionaires Are Giving the Rich a Bad NameSo much corruption. So much greed. So much chintzy gold in the Oval Office. 1431171
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/04/2025my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison 343223135173
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 22/04/2025Striking stat from @kellycnbc.bsky.social on this: The rise in treasury yields since Trump’s tariffs were announced leads to an increase in US debt interest payments that is larger than all the DOGE savings. 511985816
Reposted by @erdkarte.bsky.socialthinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 24/04/2025gonna start a shitlib vetbro podcast called "midnight chow" where we only interview regular service members and talk about things like how we once went on patrol to watch cement dry for 12 hours, no SOF bubbas allowed who wants to sponsor me 141254
erdkarte.bsky.social @erdkarte.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The talent of Donald Trump is that he can identify a problem... and then make it worse 010