Commentaries

Historically, the major motivations for war were population, resources, and national security, and all three are mostly self-explanatory. Pre-industrial agricultural countries constantly struggled with cyclical famines and food shortages, so it was beneficial to conquer other territories. A kingdom consisting of just a few provinces in one climate zone is in constant danger of crop … Read more

In previous decades the US failed to win an irregular war in Afghanistan. Now, apparently, the US cannot even win an irregular war in the US. Donald Trump, the president of the “world’s last superpower,” has capitulated to a militia in Minneapolis, promising largescale withdrawal and an end to most of the immigration raids.

The jokes write themselves. The US had the second best army in Afghanistan, now the US has the second best army in the US. How did it come to this? Let’s analyze.

Trump’s aggression against Russian-flagged ships have started a firestorm of speculation of nuclear war. I think these ideas are hyperbole and missing the main point. The consequences of this escalation will be less severe than nukes, and economic in nature. But they will be felt by everyone.

I happen to be aware of an incident during the war in Iraq when certain mistakes were made, resulting in our helicopters flying directly over ISIS positions. They fired wildly with Kalashnikovs, hitting the birds multiple times and almost shooting one down. We’re talking a very near miss of the main rotor, and this was … Read more

You don’t know anything about Russia, but it is worse than that. Everything you think you know about Russia is wrong. That’s because you live in an echo chamber, with all incoming information bottlenecked to a select few platforms and legacy media outlets controlled by the United States government. If you want to know the Russian perspective on world event, that’s impossible from western news sources available to you.