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Hegseth at war

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Seems like things are going great: The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. An advance by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha was in full swing, and backup support from chief ally Saudi Arabia was nowhere in...
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Week 86

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This week has brought a greater willingness to call out the frauds. Donald Trump needed a rally high to forget about his losses in Iran, and he was really, really high. Watch his demand that his followers pledge allegiance to him and promise to cheat in...
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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,229

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This is the grave of John Dickinson. Born in 1732 in Crosiadore Plantation, Talbot County, Maryland, where his parents wrested profits from the backs of enslaved Africans, Dickinson grew up rich, really the first truly wealthy generation in North America. It's worth remembering that even at...
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The Scorecard

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I ruminate a little on the relationship between 9/11 and the Wars on Terror over at 1945: The chief and immediate effect of the September 11 attacks was to shift the focus of US diplomacy and grand strategy from great power competition (the priority of the Bush administration...
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