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📖 Makers of Modern Strategy: Military Thought from Machiavelli to Hitler by Edward Mead Earle
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Harbour Island, Bahamas
November 27, 2022•414 words
🇧🇸 We decided to spend Thanksgiving on Harbour Island in the Bahamas with my lovely friend Charlene. She bought a home here long ago, and I love to take advantage of visiting her whenever I can. Charlene is one of the coolest women I know. She is a brilliant business woman, and the first person I turn to when I need advice. But what I love the most about her are her humble roots.
Charlene grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. Her parents were not successful. They were impoverished. They were extremel...
Read postDear Zelenskyy
December 3, 2022•107 words
🇺🇦 In the art of war, the main battle involves killing the enemy's courage rather than killing the enemy's soldiers. You must destroy Putin's spirit and crush his aspirations. The easiest way to do that is by joining the USA.
The Ukrainian generals are brilliant, and Ukraine has been very successful in the battlefield against all odds. If anything changes, if success becomes too uncertain or feels out of reach, then remember you have this option. You can trust the USA. We want Ukraine to achiev...
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