Ian Kummer

I'm a former US Marine fire support specialist, and also worked for about 10 years as a public affairs specialist in the US Army National Guard and Reserves. For that reason I will mostly opine about the "information operations" aspect of current events. Please see my "about" page for more information. If you would like to reach out, you can email me at ian.michael@readingjunkie.com

Is the World Going To Hell?

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Is the world going to hell?

Our reality seems to just get worse and worse sometimes. our troubles seem endless, from the bloody CIA-sponsored Islamofascists in the Middle East, Nazi militias in Ukraine (also sponsored by the CIA), and the stain of neoliberal globalism within the USA and much of Western Europe.

Nazism is Cool Again

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Nazism is Cool Again

In the 2018 English edition of her book The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievich expressed a commonly held fear in the former Soviet Union, and it absolutely came true. The Nazis would go down in history as brave heroes fighting for a lost cause, and the Soviets would be condemned as grotesque villains.

Landships, Horses, and Feet

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The Lesson of War is That There is No Lesson

If you had to compare war to a sport, which one would you choose? Football? Soccer? Tennis? No. Imagine a game of dodgeball, except with ten balls for every player, no breaks whatsoever, and both sides are toddlers. That’s war. If you make it five seconds into the game without your team disintegrating into chaos, be grateful. You got farther than most.