It’s a conscript military. A conscript military will never be as effective as a volunteer military. Israel has not faced a conventional army in 50 years. They fought two unsuccessful guerrilla wars in Lebanon against a highly effective opponent and are currently not being successful in the...
Nah. The U.S. Democrats just continue the wars the Republicans start. Obama bombed more countries than Bush. And remember after Iraq we said there’d be no more appetite for M/E wars? Didn’t last long at all.
The only thing that’ll stop American warmongering is a defeat, which is what Iran gave...
Iran: so we can enrich uranium to the level we were doing before, we keep support of our allies, we keep all our ballistic missiles and we keep control of the Strait. You get a gold plated Trump statue, and you can take two popsicles out of the freezer.
USA: Three.
Iran: Two.
USA: Okay, two. And...
I’ve never been asked about my high school or Uni grades my entire life. I’ve literally forgotten what they are.
For something that both parents and teachers in schools put so much pressure on kids to perform well in it’s ridiculous how meaningful they are once you leave school
What I don’t like is how they pigeon hole and label kids, when they’re still kids, and set them up for the rest of their lives.
Didn’t do so well on a year 6 test? They’re so dumb they should forget about a degree qualified profession and be resigned to life as a tradie. Daddy sent you to a...
Another day another pivotal event in world history:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-rare-defiance-of-us-sanctions-sparks-showdown-over-banks-021410787.html
Actually China is shifting its strategy to one of conciliation and deal making not conflict:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/china-xi-jinping-cheng-li-wun-visit-taiwan-strait-peace-talk/106559678
Honestly China is far too smart to go to war, as Sun Tzu said in the Art of War the best...
Aaaaaand it’s over before it even properly began:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/trump-project-freedom-strait-of-hormuz-ships-iran-ceasefire
The truth about Project “Free Dumb” will come to light in the coming days, my guess is the U.S. Navy Guinea pig ships they used for a...
So we should just ignore evidence of war crimes but it hurts the criminal’s feelings? When police execute a search warrant on a property they usually don’t give a heads up because that means the suspect has an opportunity to destroy evidence, so yes they are usually raided in front of their...
The SAS is unlike most other military units. As they are mostly small unit operations, the Commissioned Officers did not go into the target zone much. They mostly stayed on base, on the helicopters or at an overwatch position on a hill above the target zone.
The NCOs are the ones giving the...
Hastie was in the SAS, the guy on Stefanovic’s podcast spreading the rumours about Hastie/BRS (Heston Russell) who’s part of the BRS media cheer squad was CDO Regt.
The senior officers in the SASR put too much faith in the patrol commanders (corporals and sergeants) and gave them too much oversight in conducting missions, as has usually been the practice in the regiment.
There were signs that some commissioned officers who tried to change the culture were...