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2026-04-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Neither Shock nor Awe: How Iran Exposed a Crisis in US Military Thought

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Posted by badanov 2026-04-17 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1814 views ] Top

1 Which is perhaps why President Trump seeks actively to be a disrupter, a very different model…

If you are paying attention, he is. He's taking a sword to the post WW2 Gordon Knot of international relations and economics. He recognizes it hasn't been working and seeks to position America in the best possible position for what's to come. Instead of being reactive, he seeks to be proactive.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-17 07:34|| 2026-04-17 07:34|| Front Page Top

2 re: #1 that's
Gordian Knot Gordon was a Batman character.

Posted by alanc 2026-04-17 08:32|| 2026-04-17 08:32|| Front Page Top

3 I stand corrected. thank you.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-17 08:48|| 2026-04-17 08:48|| Front Page Top

4 resulted in multibillion-dollar losses

Just think how many learing centers we could have funded with that! Maybe as many as 4.

Posted by Matt 2026-04-17 08:52|| 2026-04-17 08:52|| Front Page Top

5 My, these Russians do go on and on.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-04-17 11:42|| 2026-04-17 11:42|| Front Page Top

6 The Russians are butthurt, deservedly so. They will maybe never recover. Maybe. Ditto the Chinese, but they seem to be less mouthy about it.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-04-17 12:17|| 2026-04-17 12:17|| Front Page Top

7 Has Regshit done an article on how bad the Russians fucked up by invading Ukraine?

Posted by chris 2026-04-17 12:36|| 2026-04-17 12:36|| Front Page Top

8 ...no they want to avoid unassisted manned flight.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-17 13:40|| 2026-04-17 13:40|| Front Page Top

9 Has Regshit done an article on how bad the Russians fucked up by invading Ukraine?

No. But then you won't see the BBC doing an article on how badly NATO fucked up their invasion of Ukraine either.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-04-17 14:48|| 2026-04-17 14:48|| Front Page Top

10 It ain't over ... yet.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-04-17 15:04|| 2026-04-17 15:04|| Front Page Top

11 Also played outfield for the KC Royals, but for some reason nobody called him Flash.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-04-17 15:24|| 2026-04-17 15:24|| Front Page Top

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