A lot of my academic focuses on public attitudes about foreign policy and the use of force. The just initiated bombing of Iran lacks many of the components that build and sustain domestic support for military action.
"Whatever happens, though, one thing is clear – that this use of force by the US and Israel is manifestly illegal. It is as plain a violation of the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter as one could possibly have."
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The US mil knows we can’t “win” Iran any more than we could “win” Iraq or AFG. Neither can ISR, which has the airpower to do damage but not the capability/capacity to occupy
To the extent KSA and UAE get involved, it’s likely to counter ISR influence and keep a seat at the table on Iran’s future
This goes in both directions. Active duty military fellows at civilian natsec think tanks/unis provide expertise critical to producing research, writing, & educations that are accurate, reasonable, and actionable. My time in think tank land was immeasurably improved by our military fellows
with the Olympics coming up, I cannot recommend enough just picking random sports and getting really into them at a moment's notice
did I know anything about women's foil before the last Olympics? I did not
did I become the world's biggest Lee Kiefer fan immediately? absolutely I did
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when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless
What the poll doesn’t address is while Americans overwhelmingly desire a ‘politically neutral’ military, many see any action or inaction taken by the military under an opposing presidential administration as inherently partisan. This must be part of any future reckoning abt the role of the military
Really excellent breakdown of the Insurrection Act
I would add that previous instances of its invocation against the wishes of a state governor was to *enforce a Supreme Court decision*. Most recently this was, as the article mentions, implementing school integration in AL
president donald trump signed this into law in 2019
And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
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And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
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This. Moral injury is both individual and collective.
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#EveryChildMatters #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay
Some of the children who died at the Carlisle Indian School include:
Fanny Chargingshield
James Cornman
Samuel Flying Horse
Almeda Heavy Hair
Bishop L. Shield
John Bull
Kati Rosskidwits
Albert Mekko
William Norkok
Wallace Perryman
Belle Cahoe
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Tabitha Carroll
Jane Lumpfoot
This is a living memory.
Some residential schools were still open into the 1990s. The survivors hold these memories and those of their parents and grandparents. The Day for Truth and Reconciliation honors their survival and keeps the memory of those who died - until every child goes home
In the 41 years the school was open, nearly 200 of the 10,000 children forced to attend were killed. Since 2017, the Army has made efforts to identity and return these children to their living family or tribes. Those still waiting are buried in a small cemetery on Barracks property
Every year, more unmarked graves are discovered at former residential schools in the U.S. and Canada, such as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School located on what is now Carlisle Barracks where the Army War College is housed. In the past two years, 28+ children's remains have been returned home
The Day for Truth and Reconciliation, aka Orange Shirt Day, is a time to mark and remember the Indigenous, Native American, & First Nations children forced into residential schools, where they were separated from their families, cultures, and languages and subjected to the worst kinds of abuse
While we're all, justifiably, reeling from today's speeches, let's also note that today is the Day for Truth & Reconciliation across North America. Take a moment to recognize and grapple with America's legacy of oppression against Indigenous people, especially children, and the military's role in it
To reiterate: none of the combat arms standards he's mentioning are new. This has been the standard for A DECADE since combat MOSs were opened* to all service members.
*Note: women have always served in combat whether they were "allowed to," recognized, or paid for it. War doesn't discriminate.
Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants.
About 25% of women in the military & 6% of men experienced sexual harassment in the past year. 7% of women experienced "unwanted sexual contact"
Fewer than a third reported it. Of those who did, 60% say they experienced retaliation.*
It's tragic that this situation will almost certainly worsen.
Best thing I've ever read about AI and the academy - every line a banger
The wizard works on revising his research paper.
“As a functional matter, the US government is simply out of the business of disaster aid globally...it’s done huge damage.”
The Defense Department is not a “brand,” and treating it as such insults the men and women who serve. In the real world, Trump does not get to name and rename entities established by law.
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Just remember, Trump doesn't have the power to just change the name of the DoD. Except if he does change the name and nobody bothers to actually stop him, he absolutely does have the power to do it.
