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Patrick Fox
@RealCynicalFox
USAF Vet. University College London Alumnus. @UCL Foreign Policy / Military Analyst. All opinions expressed are my own.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Aug 8, 2024
    If you eliminated every nuclear weapon on planet earth tomorrow, the world would see the return of conventional wars on a level it has not known since 1945. The fear of nuclear weapons has ushered in a previously unheard of period of relative peace between the great powers.
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    António Guterres
    @antonioguterres
    Aug 8, 2024
    Nearly 80 years have passed since Nagasaki was incinerated by an atomic weapon. It is not enough to remember what happened. We must never allow such devastation again. The only way to eliminate the nuclear risk is to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Oct 11, 2023
    Israel could secure a major propaganda victory by offering to transport as many Palestinian civilians to Turkey or Iran as either country would allow, then watch both nations backtrack their rhetoric and make excuses for why it was impossible.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Mar 10, 2024
    Israel’s decision to continue its war until Hamas is exterminated is the correct one. No nation could live peacefully, side by side, with this:
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    OSINTdefender
    @sentdefender
    Mar 10, 2024
    The Spokesman for Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida during a Speech on Friday called for Attacks on Israel similar to October 7th Massacre to Escalate during the Month of Ramadan.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Dec 14, 2024
    I swear the B-52 is the one airframe in USAF inventory that the "It can't survive in a peer threat environment, time to retire it!" folks have no idea even exists.
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    Rolls-Royce America
    @RollsRoyceNA
    Dec 13, 2024
    We are excited to have held a successful Critical Design Review for the F130 engine, another step towards delivering for the United States Air Force B-52J. Next up: Altitude testing at @AEDCnews ✈️
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Aug 9, 2023
    I have not joined in the chronicling of individual casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian war save for those senior officers whose fate may have an effect on the war overall. This is in large part because I do not believe in intruding on or sensationalizing the loss of a comrade in
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Jun 14, 2025
    As an unrepentant history nerd: Whoever had the idea for the Army to march in the period uniforms that span the history of its quarter millennia defending the Republic actually does need promoting ahead of their peers. Thematically on point, and the troops look great.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Jul 19, 2024
    An offensively bad WW2 hot take from Owen Jones. Yes, I'm just as shocked as the rest of you (insert sarcasm font), but it serves as a teachable moment. During WW2 the US provided the USSR lend lease aid totaling $11.3B. It included 400,000 jeeps & trucks, 14,000 airplanes,
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Oct 7, 2023
    First thoughts on the ongoing Hamas attack against Israel: 1. Massive Israeli intelligence failure. The last time Israel was blind sided this badly was the '73 war. Though we should note Israel came out on top in that conflict 50 years ago. 2. The scope of this infiltration
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Oct 11, 2023
    The IDF has handled this very intelligently. When the full extent of the Holocaust was discovered by advancing allied troops, General Eisenhower famously ordered the Press be shown the entirety of what had transpired. He understood it had to be documented, otherwise no one
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    Israel Defense Forces
    @IDF
    Oct 11, 2023
    "It's not a battlefield. It's a massacre." Here, MG Itai Veruv is preparing journalists to enter Kfar Aza where atrocities have taken place at the hands of Hamas terrorists.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Sep 10, 2022
    The Izium Pocket 🧵: With the caveat that this front is developing so fast there may not be an Izium pocket long, some initial thoughts on the development and aftermath of the current situation. 1/
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Jul 5, 2023
    “Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army,
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Oct 7, 2023
    Once Israeli retaliatory strikes begin to gain momentum - expect to see calls for an end to the violence from various governments, IGOs, and NGOs.
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Jul 8, 2024
    I expect we’ll eventually get a dissertation or book length treatment on the evolution of propaganda in modern warfare with respect to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Guys like Discount Lord Haw-Haw here are a case in point:
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    Patrick Fox
    @RealCynicalFox
    Sep 9, 2022
    Achtung Panzer!, Kharkiv Front 🧵 This is what successful armored warfare looks like. There are many aspects to what appears to have made this operation work & I'd like to briefly go over a few of them. We'll start from the top & work our way down. 1/

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