3B + PU

Strong 🇪🇪 and 🇺🇸 SOF cooperation is crucial to strengthen our deterrence & defence. 🇪🇪 DefMin #KalleLaanet had a great meeting with @USSOCOM Commander GEN Richard Clarke, confirming that our joint efforts in the #Baltic region will continue. #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/VYF5fVAtcL

— MoD Estonia (@MoD_Estonia) June 28, 2021

There are those who stand ready to fight for what matters.

No matter what.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/vpZtlnW2M2

📸 ➡️ Capt. Justin Wright#Ready2Fight pic.twitter.com/ykGTCuHwAU

— U.S. Army (@USArmy) June 24, 2021

Edit. More from the tour:

Visit of @USSOCOM Commander Gen. Richard D. Clark in #Lithuania marks 1️⃣5️⃣ years of partnership & true friendship between
🇱🇹&🇺🇸 #SOF. Meeting w/ 🇱🇹 CHOD LTG Valdemaras Rupšys to discuss military cooperation, security situation & international missions #LithSOF @USEmbVilnius pic.twitter.com/KbnQA8JYqi

— Lithuanian_Armed_Forces (@LTU_Army) June 30, 2021

@USSOCOM Commander 🇺🇸US Army General Richard D Clarke, met 🇱🇹DefMin @a_anusauskas & @LTU_Army CHOD Lieutenant General Rupšys today before visiting Lithuania’s Special Operations Forces facilities. Over the years 🇱🇹&🇺🇸 forces built a strong & long-standing cooperation.#WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/hi88bCdqit

— Lithuanian MOD (@Lithuanian_MoD) June 30, 2021

Empire Still at Work

Responding to Gray Zone Conflict: Countering Russia in the Donbas and Beyond

By Barnett S. Kovenhttps://t.co/lJs3z8HoWT

— Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) June 7, 2021

What's going on in Taiwan? @kristina_wong from @BreitbartNews reports on #Taiwan's claims of @1st_SF_Command soldiers heading to train with their Taiwanese counterparts in the near future. @USASOCNews @CSIS_Threats @AllBeretsMatter https://t.co/GLyRoqNUth

— Irregular Warfare Initiative (@IrregWarfare) June 9, 2021

But That's How the Empire Plays

"The great majority of countries in Asia do not want to be forced into a Cold War-style choice between the United States and China, and Washington should do nothing to force this choice upon them." @LievenAnatol:https://t.co/P0ndv8xyGm

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) May 25, 2021

Playing with Fire

US Secretary of State Assures Ukraine of Support for NATO Membership Plan
by Rick Rozoff#NATO #Ukraine #Russiahttps://t.co/GdVVr26c4K pic.twitter.com/ePnu5vq0od

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) May 6, 2021

This Is a Result of Mediocracy

What was once known as "affirmative action."

My first piece for @YoungVoicesOrg is at @RStatecraft: The best course for Biden is to help Taiwan help itself.
https://t.co/bEBzR8XyBg

— Nickie 戴丽 (@NickieDeahl) February 8, 2021

We Have Mediocratic Kakistocrats Running the Empire

US Navy Sends Three Warships Into Black Sea, Russia Deploys Missile System
US naval activity in the Black Sea declined in 2020, NATO hopes to see it increase this year #Russia #NATO #BlackSeahttps://t.co/FkNcZx30i6 pic.twitter.com/tCqzUvmmR9

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) January 29, 2021

The American establishment employs an army of public intellectuals to shape a Hegelian vision of world history as a long march toward liberty, reaching its culmination in the contemporary United States-dominated world order.https://t.co/kNHR8nBo5d

— Chronicles Magazine (@ChroniclesMag) January 29, 2021

American Empire at Work

How to Win an Asymmetric War in the Era of Special Forceshttps://t.co/oSIpVyfMcB

— Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) January 26, 2021

American Empire at Work

Irregular warfare strategies must move beyond special forces, Pentagon says @defense_news @AaronMehta https://t.co/tG9wqnisgY

— Irregular Warfare Podcast (@IrregWarfare) January 17, 2021

The Future of US Army SF?

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." -Lewis Carroll

Check out a few strategy "road maps" that are shaping how our forces adapt to meet future threats.

1st SFC (A) Vision for 2021 & Beyond
https://t.co/GaAVZKESgF

USASOC's ARSOF Strategy ⬇️ https://t.co/SuL7KBCaPk

— 1st Special Forces Command (@1st_SF_Command) January 5, 2021

Bacevich Doing What He Does Best

Andrew Bacevich: "Few Americans are willing to acknowledge the imperial motives that have long shaped this country’s global policies."https://t.co/en1vvmIKLQ

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) December 31, 2020

Industrial Ag, Chinese-Style

The world's largest hog farm has opened in China. https://t.co/CNbAQeZnpo

— Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) December 23, 2020

Meanwhile...

Paradoxically, the louder the U.S. becomes in defense of Taipei, the more China is apt to invade it. Chas Freeman: https://t.co/d7DhwNUrRu@resplinodell @Dalzell60 @JessLee_DC

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) December 23, 2020

The Big 0

Bill Clinton got shredded for saying it back in 2008, but anyone who lived through the Obama presidency and then endured, as I just did, 750 pages of his preening memoir knows it to be true: Obama's political brand as a dovish progressive is a "fairytale."

— Jeffrey St. Clair (@JSCCounterPunch) November 28, 2020

American Empire Forever

Former podcast guest @JoeFelter co-authored an article with Gen. (ret.) Jim Mattis, @KoriSchake, and Jim Ellis in @ForeignAffairs calling for an end to the current "America first" foreign policy. Do you agree?https://t.co/JZCkHXLxJk

— Irregular Warfare Podcast (@IrregWarfare) November 27, 2020

The Petraeus Episode

Gen. David Petraeus joins @IrregWarfare Podcast to discuss how the U.S. and allies should address threats from violent extremists nearly two decades after 9/11. Calls for continued small footprint interventions to address extremist threats.https://t.co/gGmftvLoZd

— Irregular Warfare Podcast (@IrregWarfare) November 6, 2020

Has the Character of Warfare Changed?

Mike Fowler claims the character of warfare has changed. Do you agree? https://t.co/6N2BxBzZ3c

— Irregular Warfare Podcast (@IrregWarfare) October 27, 2020

This part of war hasn't changed:

Part three of a three-part series by Brandon Webb about friendship, loss and the journey of moving on while honoring the memory of the fallen. https://t.co/OTXJkijVS9

— SOFREP (@sofrepofficial) October 26, 2020

Neocons and Armenia

By stoking a visceral hatred of Armenians – because that is how modern Azerbaijani nationalism expresses itself – these Washington neocons would endanger one of the last remaining Christian communities in the Middle East. https://t.co/AtMNNrMcvC

— Eurasianet (@EurasiaNet) October 31, 2020

More Arms for Taiwan

Trump Administration Approves $2.4 Billion Harpoon Missile Sale to #Taiwan#China sanctions Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon for sales approved by the administration last week https://t.co/eDa5C1B72M pic.twitter.com/uqvtSJQcGu

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) October 27, 2020

Unconventional Warfare

Professor Melissa Lee joined Retired Lt. Gen. Ken Tovo to discuss whether unconventional warfare and foreign subversion will be important in an era of great power competition on this @WestPoint_USMA and @ESoConflict Irregular Warfare podcast. https://t.co/ezguj5wNxn

— Princeton Politics (@PUPolitics) October 23, 2020

Conversation on unconventional warfare and foreign subversion with LTG(r) Ken Tovo (former commander of @USASOCNews) and Dr. Melissa Lee from @PUPolitics and @PrincetonSPIA. @osssociety @1st_SF_Command @USSOCOM @MARSOCofficial @GreenBeretFound @AEVanSaun @AllBeretsMatter https://t.co/U5PRJvvBrj

— Irregular Warfare Podcast (@IrregWarfare) October 23, 2020

Subversion can be a very effective means of undermining targeted states. But it carries with it the risk of long-term spread of ungoverned spaces and failed states. So how should it be understood as a tool of statecraft? https://t.co/0lJ7LZpNy8

— Modern War Institute (@WarInstitute) October 23, 2020

US-China-Taiwan

How Will the US Counter #China?
by Michael Klare @mklare1https://t.co/Ctd448ReyH pic.twitter.com/eytAm8smrE

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) October 21, 2020

State Department Approves $1.8 Billion Arms Sale to #Taiwan
Sale included three weapons packages https://t.co/HtIUDdzsrK pic.twitter.com/g4J2i5ills

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) October 22, 2020

A Vision for 2021 and Beyond

How will @USArmy Special Forces react to #greatpower conflict? To what extent must their mission change? @JackMurphyRGR analyzes the recent Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) document titled "A Vision for 2021 and Beyond." https://t.co/waMMLo41Py

— Irregular Warfare Podcast (@IrregWarfare) October 19, 2020