Ryan Smith
170 posts

Ryan Smith
@Prof_RSmith
Former military intelligence officer; prof. of National Security Studies; history PhD candidate
Katılım Mart 2026
34 Takip Edilen15 Takipçiler

@TheEconomist #israel will act unilaterally from here on out and #iran will use the SoH to drive a wedge between them and the U.S.
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Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Donald Trump retreated from his harrowing threat to wipe out Iranian civilisation. But relief soon turned back to dread. Aside from America, no one immediately ceased fire economist.com/briefing/2026/…
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@RichardHaass NATO has demonstrated unprecedented resolve when dealing with the U.S. not allowing themselves to get sucked into this conflict may be the best way they can help it come to a quicker close.
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Pres Trump faces a choice: either escalation (ground troops or wider target set) or negotiation. it is unclear what the former will accomplish but it risks near certain retaliation against Iran's neighbors. note: unhinged posts do not offer a way out. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…
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To our Christian friends in Israel, the United States and around the world, we wish you a blessed and joyful Easter.
Christians are persecuted across the Middle East, in Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Turkey and beyond. But in our region, Israel alone protects our Christian community which is growing and prospering.
In this land where the story began, as missiles are fired at our capital, the holy city of Jerusalem, and as the US and Israel stand firm against the Iranian regime and its terror proxies, we continue to steadfastly protect the freedom of worship for all faiths, especially at this sacred time.
Even under fire, our commitment is unwavering: to defend life, to safeguard liberty, and to ensure that every believer can pray in peace.
May the message of renewal, hope, and faith shine brightly in your homes and hearts.
Happy Easter.
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@ImBreckWorsham The country voted against more war bc we’re sick of cultural clashes that go nowhere and lead only to death. We instead wanted that commitment made to our domestic matters, such as grocery, pharmaceutical, and real estate costs. But no, we gotta protect pedophiles and distract.
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Just a reminder.
We deployed more than 500K troops to Vietnam.
58,220 American troops were killed in action.
It lasted 8 years.
And we lost.
The Iraq War lasted for 8 years, 8 months, and 28 days.
U.S. troop deployments to Iraq totaled 171,000.
Over 7,000 U.S. service members died.
We withdrew.
I did not vote for more war.
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@RpsAgainstTrump No, Israel started it and dragged the U.S. into it and we did nothing.
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@ACTBrigitte Joe Biden didn’t because he actually considered cost, global impact, middle eastern and Persian culture, and the decades of war that Americans stand vehemently against. The success was not having war in the first place.
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@mattvanswol First, you can adjust your algorithm. Second, you can attempt to hear out why people are so angry. Me, I wish out tax dollars were not spent on binning a girls school and killing 100 children. But I can go on forever about why I’m unhappy with how our government functions.
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@AmbJohnBolton We were told that we won and that regime change has already taken place. So what is all this now?
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The Iranian regime has made the threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz palpable, putting the issue front and center. All the more reason to finish the job of eliminating the regime.
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@SaltyGoat17 We should not brushing the military to make money; that is not a part of the social contract established by the constitution and not why people serve their country. This is a disgusting idea and would be a misuse of American lives.
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