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I mean... They were teamed up against and attacked by a multi-national, surprise force that significantly outnumbered them militarily in 1973... And they systematically kicked in the teeth of their attackers in so substantially that the war was over in less than three weeks, with the attackers...

Any video / photo evidence of the captured soldiers that you can share?

Civilians always seem to get the worst end of these conflicts. I hope they went quickly and without pain and fear.

New Denmark 🇩🇰 aid package for Ukraine in the amount of $500 million usd. Some of the items have been previous hinted towards, but they are now official. Note that the T-72EA MBTs and the BMP-2 IFVs are coming from Czech inventories and Denmark is paying for their refurbishment in the Czech...

New USA 🇺🇸 defense package for Ukraine in the amount of $150 million usd. The package includes the following... - AIM-120 missiles for NASAMS - AIM-9M air defense missiles - GMLRS for HIMARS - 155mm artillery shells - 105mm artillery shells - Javelin anti-armor systems - Stinger air defense...

I said it before and I'll say it again. You got your teeth kicked in by a superior military force, who took those lands from you as a war bounty, when your ancestors chose the wrong side of a conflict. You could have (and still can) go to war with Israel and her allies to take those lands back...

So let's war game what we think happens in the short term if Iranian backed proxies officially join the war and open another substantial front against Israel. Here is my perspective... 1. Rocket barrages into Israel, largely from Lebanon, are intense and lead to significant Israeli casualties...

Good strike, but that's why Ukraine needs an influx of Switchblade 600 drones. There would be only pieces of Russian infantry left and the vehicles would be fully irreparable. I've been disappointed in the pace at which Aerovironment has introduced the 600 model to the battlefield in Ukraine...

Closing the Straits would be bad news for Iran, even if it were done via proxy. I don't think their Chinese friends would let that happen, nor would the Saudis, Indians, Indonesians, Japanese, Australians etc, etc. The Straits being closed would be catastrophic for the economies of the emerging...

Without conscription there is no way that the Allies win WWII... I'm more than ok with Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese being defeated by armies largely made up of conscripts. Sometimes what is neccessary, isn't always "nice".

I fully concede that a day might come that we're (the collective west) at war with Indonesia and I can't say that I'm looking forward to it. Sounds like a lot of dead people on both sides of a possible war. But in that scenario, I expect both sides to use whatever tactics neccessary to win. If...

Then regional players need to step up and stop them. Have values, believe in them and be ready to die for them. I actually agree that it won't likely end well for them, but they're an independent country, with their own choices to make. They can choose to make peace with their neighbours, or...

I watched this interview the other day. I genuinely appreciated Youssef's dark humor throughout the interview. It's not surprising given that he is actually a professional comedian and a legitimately funny guy! His countrymen, the Egyptians teamed up with Syria and several expeditionary forces...

The Turks lost those lands when they got their asses handed to them in WWI. That's how life goes. Turks chose the wrong side of a war, got their shit pushed in and lost territory as a result of taking an L in legitimate war. Do the Lebanese want to give Lebanon back to the Christians, who they...

You say that Muslim / Arab countries will easily "back down" if Israel goes back to the 1967 borders, but do you have any tangible proof of that? It seems to me that there is a deep hatred for the existence of the Jewish state of of Israel among the Arab / Muslim countries in the region and a...

I have to push back on this. I'm going to use a hypothetical that I would like you to engage with. There are two countries. Country A and Country B. They live beside each other relatively peacefully for many, many years. At some point, Country A gets power / territory hungry under the...

While ethically, that makes sense, in reality, it's almost never true. Ultimately, almost every state / country has chosen at some point to trade a disproportinatly large number of lives, for a disproportinately small track of land. That's true both from an offensive perspective and a defensive...

If we step away from the fantasies about the Muslim nations teaming up in some great jihad and invading / destroying Israel, which of course would lead to Israel launching nuclear weapons against the most densely populated cities it could strike, what long term solution to this ongoing conflict...

There is no easy solution. As long as Israel exists as a nation, regional adversaries will have the will to destroy the Jewish state they see as occupying Palestinian land. In turn, Israel will slowly try to expand and consolidate their power in the region and grow control over Gaza and the West...

Good choice Erdogan. Good choice.