Matthew Cookson

@lutherabel1 @jackbutler4815

@jackbutler4815 the last thing a baseball sees

MLB Commissioner Pablo Sanchez.

@realDailyWire The dominance of the US military is unmatched. Now we need the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the Islamic Republic. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

TRUMP: "I said, well now we have to take an excursion to Iran and we have to stop this maniac whose no longer with us... The Supreme Leader, wasn't so supreme. No longer with us. It's very sad."

@ElliotKaufman6 The US can achieve its goals without sending in thousands of soldiers to seize any anount of Iranian territory. Seizing Kharg may create the dreaded rally-around-the flag effect. Not to mention the risk of high casualties for US soldiers. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

Worth taking seriously on seizing Kharg: longwarjournal.org/archives/2026/… 1. Real risk for U.S. troops after they take the island 2. Not a silver bullet on Hormuz 3. The upsides can be achieved by other means (seizing tankers or disabling parts of the oil infrastructure at Kharg)

@mdubowitz I can’t think of a conflict where one side dominated the battlefield so decisively yet was declared to be losing by the media. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

A month of strikes is systematically destroying the war-making capabilities of a regime that dragged America into conflict 47 years ago and has since killed, maimed, kidnapped, and tortured thousands of Americans. Calling that “nothing,” as The Economist does, is not serious.

@ryanmauro The only way to solve the Iran problem long-term is regime change. That can best happen if the regime is changed from within. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

We're gonna do the "moderate Islamist" thing again, aren't we? The only "moderate Islamist" that exists is either a taqiyya-practicioner or one who will agree to a non-Islamist transition out of self-preservation. politico.com/news/2026/03/2…

@ReaganBattalion Ridiculous to say the US is losing this war. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

If this is winning we always want to be on the losing side.

Sharing a new article on China's internal security spending (1992-2022), just out with @chinaquarterly: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@SheenaGreitens @chinaquarterly Great article. Surely the problem will only get worse with the contradictory goals of increasing local revenue and eliminating so-called 样捕捞.

@MattCookson95 @chinaquarterly Increased fiscal burden at the local level has generated some concern at the top: prcleader.org/post/local-fis…

@ByronYork @MZHemingway It should be short, but @POTUS shouldn’t let a timeline end the conflict before our goals are achieved. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

Indeed. Trump has been saying from the first minute of the war that it will be quick. A half-dozen examples: "This war will be over very soon." "I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion." "We're getting very close to finishing...it is going to be ended soon." "We're way ahead of schedule...it won't be much longer." "We projected four to five weeks...but we're substantially ahead of schedule." "It's going to be ended soon...we're getting very close."

@NoahCRothman @RogerZakheim I’m not sure how you can look at this conflict and think the US has achieved nothing. The long-term outcome is uncertain but so far the war has been an overwhelming tactical success. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

"has achieved nothing." Imagine having this much contempt for your readership.

@NoahCRothman Maybe It’s because I’m not hip, but what’s the joke?

@TheFP Iran is determined to get a nuke no matter what the deal is. They are a radical, terror supporting regime bent on spreading terror. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

@DefiantLs This has to be the most French thing I’ve ever seen.

@TheEconomist @POTUS should try to keep the Strait of Hormuz open but not at the cost of accomplishing our goals in Iran. open.substack.com/pub/thewaythec…

Hey @jackbutler4815! Just what you’ve been wanting!

This may be an unpopular take on the Right, but I think Kimmel has a point. Much as I detest elitism, there are jobs where credentials matter, and @DHSgov is one of them. I hope I'm wrong on @SenMullin, but he is light on experience necessary for the job.

Democrats are fired up about the midterms. Yet if oil prices ease before the summer driving season, Republicans’ prospects may not be so grim economist.com/united-states/…

@nathanmarzion That can’t be a good sign.

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So is this what Tim Walz meant when he said he coached football?