What’s happening on American college campuses is unforgivable.

It is antisemitism, it is support for terrorism, it is support for Hamas which murders LGBT people and oppresses women. The administration cannot stand by, it has to intervene.

The IDF announces the death of a reservist killed during fighting against Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.

He is named as Sgt. First Class (res.) Salm Alkreshat, 43, from the Bedouin community of Abu Rabia, a tracker in the Gaza Division's Northern Brigade.

His death

Taking this seriously: There is apparently a burgeoning effort to declare a major U.S. foreign policy issue off limits for debate, including through violence. This is a real 'free speech' issue and I'd not support doing this to other people even if I disagreed with them.

Should Chasiv Yar fall, other key towns to the west of it (Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, and even Sloviansk) could be vulnerable. More evidence of the significance of UKR’s shortage of artillery and troops. 2/2

Russian forces are moving toward Chasiv Yar from three directions: Bohdanivka (which now appears to be under their control) from the northeast, Ivanivske from the southeast, and a third line of attack from the east. 1/2

'Post-Khamenei Iran can be expected to gradually shed its Islamist ideology in the theocratic sense. The clergy will have to part ways with some political power to retain their religious role. The future will be driven by a blend of Iranian nationalism and Islamic identity.'

the deep mammalian urge to make silly faces at a baby

Larry David skit come to life

Murtaza Hussain The only military advantage America has now which is useful in war : top notch ISR, very big stock of PGM’s and a functioning large naval fleets.

Before you bring up the F-22, I am suspecting the Chinese have been working on shooting down exactly this type of plane

Murtaza Hussain There was RAND paper study about PRC recently : if ordered by their Commander in chief, their MIC can produce 1000 cruise missiles a day.

That is not measured in military budget

Murtaza Hussain Pretty astonishing that Saudi Arabia now spends more than the UK and almost as much as India.

Homeboy on odd days… cc: omar ali

I wonder how much of this spending correlates with quantity and effectiveness. It seems like having a country with an industrial base allowing for cheap and abundant production of munitions would be better off in a conflict.

Exactly. Instead of blaming it on the colonialists start asking why we failed to defend ourselves?

Why are we shocked that we live in a dog eat dog world. Had the West slacked, the Ottomans would have eaten them alive.

The interior of the Sultan Qaboos mosque in Oman. Manages to bring together so many styles so beautifully.

Joe Biden will reportedly deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony
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Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley are demanding President Joe Biden unleash the full force of the state’s National Guard to suppress pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University.

More:
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Israel has yet to provide evidence for its accusations that hundreds of UNRWA staff are members of terrorist groups, according to a review of the agency's neutrality released on Monday that could prompt some donor countries to review funding freezes. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Hundreds of bodies found in mass graves in Khan Younis
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Industrial capacity remains China's best geopolitical advantage against the West.

My latest for UnHerd

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