Our Competent Empire Don’t Confuse Taiwan for Falkland Islands "It is almost certain that had Great Britain made its intention to defend the islands clear ahead of time the Argentinian junta would not have invaded" Joseph Solis-Mullen 13 Oct 21 1276 13
Our Competent Empire Blowing Up the French Deal Will Push Back Australia Getting Submarines by a Decade "That means we would get our fleet of eight subs by 2061. That is truly a sick joke." Greg Sheridan 1 Oct 21 914 14
Our Competent Empire There Will Be a UK Afghanistan Inquiry – Just Don’t Expect Any Accountability Eventually there will be one on the COVID war too Frank Ledwidge 6 Sep 21 318 2
Our Competent Empire Pentagon’s New Frigate Will Be Another Under-Gunned Design 80 percent of the weight and cost, 33 percent of the firepower Navy Matters 6 Sep 21 1017 6
Our Competent Empire Looks Like Imperial Navy Will Find a Way to Screw Up Its Upcoming ‘Low-Risk’ Frigate After vowing to Congress it had learned from the Zumwalt/Ford/LCS fiascos Navy Matters 5 Sep 21 1518 4
Our Competent Empire After America Fought Them for 20 Years the Taliban Now Hold More Territory Than They Started With America: unbeatable at losing wars Marko Marjanović 18 Aug 21 628 6
Our Competent Empire The Only Reason Kabul Implosion Came as a Surprise Is Because the Pentagon Had Spent 20 Years Lying About all the wonderful progress it was supposedly making Glenn Greenwald 17 Aug 21 1407 6
Our Competent Empire ‘Not Saigon’: Human Remains Found in the Wheel Well of a C-17 "The pilots declared an emergency when they could not put their landing gear up. The crew diverted and landed in a nearby third country" Anti-Empire 17 Aug 21 1824 4