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Fully concur. Lock them away. Its never final and it's even way cheaper for the tax payer.

This was pretty good. It dovetails well with my hot take when Kabul was about to fall. I stand by it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

theatlantic.com

What We Got Wrong in Afghanistan

Military officers like me thought we were building a capable Afghan security force. What did we get wrong? Plenty.

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Force Ghost™ @fieldmontgomery.bsky.social · 13h

So, just to be clear: A draft dodger, a techbro, and a ketamine-addled trillionaire bigot are asked to "study the future of warfare." I have thousands of SAMS and War College grads, hundreds of combat experienced GOs/FGOs on tap...and this is the best the Pentagon can do? Nicols was right.

"The Death of Expertise" by Tom Nichols.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 11h

Exactly. This deserves official censure. The senate, the nation, deserves nothing less from the "world's greatest deliberative body."

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 13h

Idaho has some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Too bad their "pro life" agenda does not extend to kids.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 14h

This is the guy developing doctrine that will largely set the course for whether your son or daughter comes home in a body bag or not. Two clowns and a has-been.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 14h

Doing same with my 10yo.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 15h

Who saw this coming? Everyone. Everyone saw this coming. Welcome to lagging data---most real World complex find-out phases take time to develop.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don't think Americans have any idea how fast the other continents are moving. Watching this in real time. Here, they just removed the EV exemption for the city center because there are just too many EVs. Full size buses are now electric. Every highway rest stop has a massive EV charging zone.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watch this guy. His eyes betray him---can't help but glance to his left the instant he realizes this thing went south.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Precisely. And: bsky.app/profile/mike...

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's like a remake of Titanic. Like, how can you make it different, the boat sinks, lots of people die. We have all seen this movie, and this time, there is no money left for a sequel.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If they don't begin with DTS, GCC, and contracted housing, you know it's a waste of time.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is a tale Told by a fucking idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Looks like a route Tampa circa 2006 Ivo Tarmeya.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As you can see, you can't fit two people on the door.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The best time to understand what the Sunni Shia schism was decades ago. The second best time to understand the Sunni Shia schism is today.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Many people don't know this etc. Also the whole soldier's soldier bit was a shtick he made up. Very Chris Kyle of him. And that's why every GO in the GWOT assigned himself some kid's M4 rifle every time they left the FOB. I said what I said.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In 1994, I was a cadet, flying to Europe as part of a military battlefield staff ride. You could smoke on long flights then, so a buddy and I went to the back smoking area. There I sat next to a WWII veteran en route to 50th D-Day events. 1/4

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Of course of course I have Main character energy like everyone but if I am being honest, I am a retired imperial officer trying to run his moisture farm, who finally says enough and probably becomes a rebel trainer on Yavin 4. So I am an extra.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No body cam on = full dismissal of all charges with prejudice. We have to restore the benefit of doubt to the people. The armed agents of the state are failing us.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Gonna start my own Tanker Toilet Paper---because when you gotta get the job done, it must be military grade* *So it's gonna be those little MRE TP packets because Alpha males and stuff.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This man took John Q. Wilson's broken windows and flipped it on its head for the left. I am sure it's deliberate. And it's brilliant.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's always the obvious ones you suspect.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is really good. Proud of my friend, Chris, for starting these hard conversations. Veterans (*not all) have the knowledge and leadership skills to flip the script and bring sanity back to gun safety and ownership.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Harkonnen challenge remains undefeated. We will not stop our transition to Ghiedi Prime.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What if the House of Saud collapses? The very precarious peace balance between bored princelings nepo babies (you know, guys like the Bin Ladens) and a quasi-legitimate state depends in no small amount to the dispensation of infinite petrol cash. What if that cash stops all of a sudden?

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Whole genre of history, literature and even poetry about how much it sucks to be eviscerated on the field of battle. Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori or something.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's always the ones you thought were the ones. This is on the voters in her district. Don't complain about the swamp if you elect a clown---you know the rest of the saying. Government is serious business for serious people.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thing you shouldn't do when angry: -e-mail -text -drunk dial Things you SHOULD do: VOTE I did.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Which is also why the child care center at the Pentagon was shut down and moved.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Taps 🎙️: ATTENZIONE ROMANI

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It me, I am the third bullet.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Maybe get some of us on your risk management team. Because we had this shit pegged months ago.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“the warrior ethos glamorizes the prowess of the individual warrior in a way that starkly contradicts the professional, ethical, and organizational nature of military service and modern warfare.” @briankerg.bsky.social

usni.org

Where Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?

The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fucking LOL. Literal LOL. Hire a clown, expect a circus.

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