smsaideman.bsky.social
#CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
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Hey, I hope to benefit from the tyranny of low expectations....
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As I re-enter the pool, glad to know that so many dudes are self-selecting themselves out.
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Hey, if we just ignore what Trump says, does, and empowers, he is a hell of an ally.
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The thing is, these two authors they're skewering aren't even doing political science. Bad faith crap getting way too much attention.
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Anyway, I suspect the Carney govt actually wants to do the 20% military pay increase, but the ‘system’ is finding creative ways to stiffle and slow roll.
We should expect the same with a number of the new defence initiatives.
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Worth nothing that the 2% defence spending announcement wasn’t clear on the salary increase. The PM alluded to it, bit the backgrounder wasn’t definitive.
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Enjoy your day, Christian! I hope you can find some beer.
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I can be a puritan say: those 500 or 700 Marines sent to LA are already undermining readiness.
Or having a shithead like Hegseth as SecDef is already undermining readiness.
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Bridge is poorly named
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Depends on which King you swore to. I swore to the Queen of Canada.
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to help sell your book with @mirya.bsky.social ??
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I also had to swear to the Queen when I became a citizen. It felt really strange, having grown up on revolutionary war history.
On the other hand, Queen E >> King C, so my timing was good.