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Writer/podcaster | History, 📚, geopolitics, Great Powers | Words @NRO @FDRLST @TheNatlInterest | To be weak is to invite war; to be strong is to prevent it.

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I'm reading an academic book on the intellectual history of scurvy (quite an intriguing find at a massive Princeton University Press sale) & one facet of it is deeply annoying to me.

It has in-text citations. Actual parenthetical citations in the middle of the text. Horrible.

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China's diplomatic offensive is in full swing. It's not just Xi in Russia or brokering a Saudi-Iran deal, but a worldwide push to take the top slot in international relations.

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How in the hell does the Navy not ask for a single goddamn ship?!

Our leadership class needs to be entirely replaced.

Connor O'Brien @connorobrienNH

SCOOP: We’ve got a draft copy of the Navy’s budget wish list. It totals just over $2.5B (with military construction projects) but notably doesn’t include any new ships.

The Marines, by contrast, requested $1.7B for an amphib on their list. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/03/marines-ask-for-san-antonio-class-amphib-in-unfunded-requirements-list-00087970

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Maybe don't do a sedition next time? 🤷‍♂️

Dr. Benjamin Braddock @GraduatedBen

Evil people celebrate Sherman because of his ‘March to the Sea’ campaign.

This wasn’t some impressive military operation like Jackson’s Valley Campaign: it was a campaign waged against women and children far away from the Confederate army. Farms and homes were burnt… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1638547976338436096

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