Not All Bad?Our Benevolent Empire Lloyd Austin Detested John McCain’s Guts, Was Enraged by Saudi Foray Into Yemen He predicted they would lose and require US rescuing Mark Perry 17 Dec 20 811 3
Our Benevolent Empire Not to Be Left Out of the China Action, Marines Roll Out Subversive New Strategy No war like the budget war Mark Perry 29 Oct 20 1458 13
WON’T TOUCH IT WITH A SIX-FOOT POLE: Pentagon Is Afraid Saving Taxpayers From Rioters Would Stain Its Sainted “Troops” There might be horrible blowback if forces used for terrorizing Afghan hamlets in the dead of the night did something arguably positive for a change Mark Perry 6 Jun 20 1116 28
Adventures in Trumpia The Biggest Break Down in US Civil-Military Relations Since Vietnam Caused by Trump’s Basest, Vilest Instincts US Navy stood up to Trump because it recognizes it has a real problem with out-of-control special forces Mark Perry 5 Dec 19 1234 5
Bonesaw Saudis US Military Knew the Saudi Invasion Would Fail and the Houthi Were a Valuable Anti-Al-Qaeda Force The result is that Saudi Arabia finds itself weakened internally, and surrounded by Iran — which is ramping up the pressure — externally Mark Perry 27 Sep 19 1787 7
1984: The Year America Didn’t Go to War With Iran After a Civil War in Reagan Admin Months before the pro-Iranian Amal Lebanese Shia militia had killed 241 American and 58 French troops in the Beirut barracks bombing Mark Perry 20 Jul 19 1172 2
