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A thread on mines, maritime denial, and why a forgotten capability is becoming strategically important again. 🧵
GMan | GMan’s Chronicle
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History, geopolitics, and war. | Russia, Ukraine, and the architecture of power. | Essays at GMan’s Chronicle | Christian | Irish Unionist | Ulster
- 🇺🇦🇫🇷L. logics! "When Putin brought North Korean soldiers to his land, did he ask the Ukrainian president for permission? No, he didn't. Then why ask and agree on the introduction of European peacekeepers to Ukraine?," Macron
- Replying to @LindseyGrahamSCLindsey. This was you just two weeks ago in Munich. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 "You are the ally I've waited for my whole life," – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham told Zelensky. Speaking on a panel with the Ukrainian president, Graham praised Ukraine for using American weapons to "kick Russia’s ass."
00:00 - Best war movie of all time? My vote is for Zulu, 1964. Here is one of my favourite sections, though there are so many. What think ye?
00:00 - As it’s coming up to the anniversary of the battle for Arnhem it’s time to watch this classic movie. Operation Market Garden is much maligned but while not a complete success its significance cannot be overstated or ignored. And a Bridge Too Far is a great movie too.
00:00 - Replying to @69thSBJohn Donald Vance as a hostage negotiator.
00:00 - Replying to @antoguerrera“Have you even said thank you once?”
- Petition: Commit more support for Ukrainian victory against Russia’s war. Ukraine must win petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6440… UK based folks - would really appreciate it if you would consider signing this petition. It's a cause that means a lot to me. Thank you!
- Replying to @yashar and @simonmontefioreIt’s heartening to know that millions of westerners are protesting outside the Embassy of the Islamic Republic - oh wait no that’s not right! They are basically cheering on the regime by supporting the proxy terrorists Hamas. Zarkhaton Mazarzehi - yet another innocent victim of
- 🇺🇸 ➡️ 🇨🇦 American professors have begun to leave US universities and move to Canada Renowned historian Timothy Snyder and his wife and colleague Marcy Shore have decided to leave Yale University and the United States to move to the University of Toronto and teach at the Munk
- “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read it, you’re misinformed.” ~ Denzel Washington
00:00 - Replying to @jordanbpetersonSix months have now come and gone. No Nuclear exchange.
- Replying to @RealTimeWWIII believe this photo is actually of Warsaw after German bombing.
