Commentaries

This is a frequently repeated mantra I see from talking heads and on social media. But is it true? Let’s reframe the question in a a different context. Is it “crucial” for you to not default on the mortgage for your house? That might be crucial to you personally, but it is not crucial to … Read more

Today let’s talk about the myth of the infantry screen. This myth is extremely pervasive but there’s really no basis for the idea and I’m not even sure when exactly it started. Look at any war movie clip on YouTube showing infantry behind (rather than in front of) tanks and the comments section will always … Read more

Napoleon has been out for a while but I finally saw it, and even negative reviews were overly generous. The uninspired CGI slop in Napoleon is what I call “content,” in the same sense as AI-generated copy on a clickbait website. Have you seen the trailer? If so, you’ve seen the whole movie because there wasn’t anything else in it.

Both military and civilian studies have proven that an armed person will behave more aggressively than an unarmed person, for the obvious reason that having a weapon in his hands will make him feel stronger and more able to win a fight. In a geopolitical context, arming a proxy government can cause them to be … Read more

 this might be the most badly misunderstood war in our era. And when “experts” compare the Ukraine war with World War I, that suggests they don’t understand either war. In World War I, all the major participants were more industrialized and had better logistics, and more firepower than ever before in human history. The idea … Read more