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@jjfThompson Nathan; a slave trader before the war, would go on to a second failure of leadership during the Fort Pillow Massacre and culminate his life lending his credibility to the KKK as its first Grand Master. Where he would again attempt to evade responsibility for subordinates actions

THE FORREST — GOULD AFFAIR, June 13, 1863 After Bedford Forrest’s promotion to Major General, one of his first official acts was to reassign Lt. A. W. Gould, the officer who had abandoned the two guns on Sand Mountain, to another command. The young lieutenant asked for an interview with Forrest as he was given no reason for the move. Both men were on time for the appointment. They went out into the hall and slowly walked up and down the corridor. The Lieutenant's voice soon rose in excitement. He was asking the reason for his transfer. His General told him that he would give him no reason and that, furthermore, he need not ever again expect to serve in his command. Gould, as the remarks he had heard on the battlefield returned and charged his quick temper, drew a pistol from an inside pocket and shot his commander. The ball entered the left hip, traveled in the vicinity of the intestines, and went out again. Forrest reached out with his left hand, grabbed the pistol hand, and pointed the barrel away from his body. He raised his knife to his teeth and opened the largest blade; then, with very little conscious effort, struck Gould in the belly, ripping it open and perforating the bowels. Gould dropped the pistol and ran out into the street. Forrest walked to Doctor Yandell's office and dropped his trousers. The doctor examined the wound, pronounced it dangerous, and advised him to go to the hospital for treatment. "No damn man can kill me and live." Saying this, Forrest ran out of the office, and snatched a pistol from a holster saddled to a horse tied in front of the building. Gould had fled to a tailor's shop and was lying on the counter bleeding profusely. A large crowd had gathered in and before the shop. General Forrest's powerful form charged its outer edge. Somebody told Gould he was there, and he could hear... "Get out of my way. He's mortally wounded me, and I aim to kill him before I die." Gould leaped out of the back window, some five or six feet to the ground. Forrest shot. Gould fell as if he had been done for. Voices cried, "You have killed him, General.” In several days rumor had it that the General would recover, but the young lieutenant would not. Two days later the doctor said Gould could not last much longer. He sent word to his commander that he wished to speak with him before he died and that, if it were possible, he would like to see him. They lifted General Forrest's cot into the room and set it down close to the dying man's bed. Gould, when he saw who it was, reached over and took Forrest's hand and held it between both of his. "General, I shall not be here long, and I was not willing to go away without seeing you in person and saying to you how thankful I am that I am the one who is to die and that you are spared to the country. What I did, I did in a moment of rashness, and I want your forgiveness."  Forrest leaned over the bed and "wept like a child." He told the young man he forgave him freely. — Lytle, Bedford Forrest and his Critter Company

@TheIOGuy @Kristinawong Wait.... was this the milTwittter War the gray beards talk about?

During Trump 1.0, there was a very small but very vocal minority of liberal active duty military members openly espousing anti-Trump views on social media (then-referred to as “MilTwitter”) — which was condoned and even supported in some cases by their chain-of-command. Because of that support, they wielded outsized influence in the media. It was quite shocking at the time and their vitriol then still dwarfs the active duty members who dare voice their support for Trump today (knowing the left is still ready to destroy them). So while historically, the active duty troops kept their views off social media, I also view pro-Trump support from active duty members today as a course correction of sorts. Or at least something sowed by the same folks complaining about it the loudest now.

@MRTs_Haircut @JetAGenius ....your welcome?.... Just seeking knowledge not trying to argue against a particular point.

@MikeLazowski117 @JetAGenius Your question proves the point that prospective CVN CO’s learn from deep draft amphibious command and develop that into a successful CVN command tour.

Not a single aviator in the photo. But yes, please tell us how aviators have destroyed surface readiness.

@thomasbsauer Very convincing argument.

SWO doesn’t suck. YOU SUCK. ⚓️ 🇺🇸

@MRTs_Haircut @JetAGenius That's what I was trying to grasp at was were that expertise/knowledge resided. Thanks! I won't open the can of worms on why SWOs have been crashing boats here... 😜

@MikeLazowski117 @JetAGenius But there are: CHENG. RAO. GQ OOD. Plenty of SWO experience. But we digress.

@MRTs_Haircut @JetAGenius It makes sense that there would be some senior SWO experience to help develop the CO/XO, that's all I was getting at. From my quick research it looks like the senior SWO wpuld be thr reactor officer?

@MikeLazowski117 @JetAGenius It makes zero sense. CVN XO’s go through naval nuclear training to become prospective CO’s. They also go on to (or did) deep draft command. That is also a filter for success at CVN command. Learn the pipeline and then come back.

@RSE_VB What do you think is at the core of SWO difficulties over the past decades?

SWOs are responsible for surface readiness. The condition of their readiness and competence is entirely their doing. I’m not going to launch into a discussion about the overall performance of SWOs versus Aviators. I don’t need to; the glaring difference has been thus for many decades.

@MRTs_Haircut @JetAGenius Dude, relax it's just a question.... it makes sense that if you are mandating an aviator for the overall command you would provide him some expertise in ship handling/operations or whatever that doctrinal term would be; from the perspective of a layman at least.

@MikeLazowski117 @JetAGenius No. It’s a fucking aircraft carrier. Come on!

@MRTs_Haircut @JetAGenius Is the XO of a carrier required to be a SWO?

@JetAGenius @MikeLazowski117 That’s the point. CNO is a retard who destroyed this path to experience and success.

@BenghaziNotes This is a blank spot in my knowledge; I assume the were ensuring security by not clearing the other factions to actually attack? If so, what drove the change of heart among AQ?

It was Gharabi, along with Wissam Bin Humaid, who on 9/9/12 told State Dept officers in #Benghazi that they could no longer ensure the security for Americans. He also provided attackers for the State Dept mission compound attacks. (2/2)

At 12:30AM on 9/12/12, CIA Benghazi Station Chief Bob received a call from al-Qaeda Commander Mohammad al-Gharabi, the Leader of the Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade; Gharabi offered for the CIA personnel to come over and hunker down for "safety" at his headquarters. It was at Gharabi's headquarters where seven Iranians were detained in July 2012 who were masquerading as Red Crescent (Muslim equivalent of Red Cross) workers but were actually intelligence officers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force. (1/2)

@sapive619324838 @ThePowerAudit I don't think that's a fair shake; it is unusual to see this kind of spoofing and it does show that both sides (likely) are GPS spoofing the strait. Or is your claim that it is normal for the two of the three major ports near SoH to be spoofed like this?

Major Hormuz Update. Last 5 hours. MAJOR movement in Bandar Abbas and Khor Fakkan.

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@ThePowerAudit Not trying to be a dick but you left me far more confused after listening to your video; for the mining, are you claiming that the Iranian's are sheltering in Omani waters? (red circle) Also, when you said bomb the strait what were you actually trying to say; mine or bomb?

The Iran Strike That Didn't Happen Last Night (Iran time) and the Hormuz Mining Response. Breakdown of the overnight strike on Iran that didn't happen, and the Iranian response prepping to mine the Strait of Hormuz the moment they're hit. This all coincides with the Trump WSJ news drop confirming extended blockade as doctrine. The US was likely in the war room either feinting an attack to collect intelligence, or actually prepping and eventually calling it off. What the air picture showed: 3 US tankers staged over Israel, 4 C-17s into Amman, SOF inserted into Saudi Arabia, AWACS on station, three C-17 deception runs at Tel Aviv. What the sea picture showed: Iranian small craft mining fleet pre-positioned in the central strait, anomalous high-speed transits, and a stand-down the moment the WSJ piece dropped. This all occurred between midnight and 5 AM Iran time.

@ThePowerAudit Brother if this is you after a full night of sleep then consider me impressed :P Welcome to my daily feed!

12 days ago I went long USO at 113 when oil was tanking and everyone was celebrating peace headlines. It is now at 150. I have not been perfect on every call but the method works. Develop triggers, build falsifiable checkpoints, track the physical data, and let the data tell you what is actually happening. The physical signals don't lie. The headlines do. Especially Axios and Pakistani sources and vague "US Official" / "Iran official" sources. What am I missing? Drop it below.

Last night between midnight and 5 AM Iran time, the US either ran a strike feint, or actually prepped a strike and called it off. I was tracking it in real time. I attempt to maintain a data focus with war gaming what the data says possible outcomes are, build predictive data checkpoints for the different possibilities, and falsifiable ones to avoid bias. Here is what the data showed, what Iran did in response, and why this morning looks very different than last night.

@osintactical @ThePowerAudit I assume that is a fairly undefended region of Oman with the distance and isolation? Can you share some of the accounts that post about Oman? I definitely have a blindspot in my algorithm for Oman and Omani sentiments apparently.

@MikeLazowski117 @ThePowerAudit They did not let them they called it treacherous the Omanis were absolutely pissed

@gosthdarkconrad or...... they are replacing the two that got blown up near Ishfahan.

Bad sign...

@ThePowerAudit No worries brother, I am very surprised that the Omani's would let Iran use their territorial waters like that since the Omani's are trying to remain as the neutral middle man in all this.

Apologies. I am running of nearly 2 days and no sleep so little bit off. Yes I meant mining not bombing. Regarding the red circle, there were some buts that popped out and joined that stack and they flew the Iranian flag as unknown vessel. the majority of them came from the southern cluster. I actually didn't think this would blow up or I'd have redone the video.

@point7five @ThePowerAudit It just seems doubtful to me that the Omani's would tolerate Iranian's operating in their territorial waters; maybe out in the blue area but definitely not the red or black areas i circled...

@MikeLazowski117 @ThePowerAudit Safer for Iranian small boats to loiter in Omani waters around the massive buildup of commercial ships. Can avoid the Warthog there and are harder to identify. I think that is an obvious way IRGC has adapted during this war.

@ThePowerAudit As for your other takes; the tankers have been orbiting routinely throughout the ceasefire and you don't use a giant C-17 to encourage an Iranian response you use the same stuff you'd use for an actual attack(F-15/35/etc.). Happy to hear your deeper thoughts on it though.