#Civilian

Robert Gilbey

RobGilbey

Just a reminder that the Irish Government couldn't mobilise its Reserve Defence Forces in the midst of a Global Pandemic because there isn't legislation to support an Aid to Civil

E V O N

EvoNTweeTz

10 Epic Virat Kohli Achievements that make him the best#ViratKohli@imVkohli Virat Kohli has been bestowed upon the Arjuna Award, the most prestigious sports award in India.the Indian skipper also has

planefag

planefag

"-they are all diametrically opposed at their very core to the current president of the United States – and thankfully so.""Here is where the maximum value of the secretarial letter

XVIII Airborne Corps

18airbornecorps

1 of 6: 55 years ago this morning [Nov 14, 1965], Lt Col Hal Moore’s 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry conducted an air assault into LZ X-Ray in the Central Highlands

simulacrax 🕊️

simulacrax

Long read on how the Saudi Airforce is completely dependent on British support - as it targets civilian infrastructure, schools, bridges, food storage, mosques, weddings, buses, roads, power generators necessary

The Vicar of Disbrey

dizzernp

#OTD 18th January 1943 the last five survivors of the disastrously failed Operation Freshman glider-borne sabotage attempt on the Rjuken heavy water plant in #Norway were murdered by their German

Emmanuel

ubongabasi

Nigerians are a very funny people.Just before the civil war, trains from Northern Nigeria were rolling into the East and South with headless bodies and bodiless heads of Easterners. Their

Douglas Guilfoyle

djag2

A thread on the report into Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. First, the full statement of the Chief of the Australian Defence Force (quoted below) is available here: https://afghanistaninquiry.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11

Jake Holliday

J_O_Holliday

Thread: #OTD in 1950, the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit* was created by the Volkskammer of the German Democratic Republic, only 4 months after the DDR itself was founded. This is a

Jane

JaneOst_

the fact that he was killed proves this is not true. khive sucks so fucking muchhttps://twitter.com/Deoliver47/status/1334994191731085313 so do they want civilian oversight committees that will be ignored like always? or

Erica De Bruin

esdebruin

Okay, a brief thread about this 'coup' framing. Coups involve overt attempts unseat a sitting executive, backed by the use or threat of force. The types of steps Trump is

Kjetil Tronvoll

KjetilTronvoll

Thread: What do we know so far about the #war on #Tigray in #Ethiopia, which has been running for nearly 2 months now? In this thread I will sum up

Grady Booch

Grady_Booch

Fascinating.https://twitter.com/krvarshney/status/1343236227374473217 Here’s more:https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2020/12/landmark-artificial-intelligence-legislation-advances-toward-becoming-law/ “The conferees bel

Gbénró Adégbolá ن

GbenroAdegbola

John Jerry Rawlings1947-2020Reflections on his passing. JJ Rawlings; a genuine African legend. A young flight officer on death row, somehow manages to escape and topples the government. Proceeds on a

Pavlina R Tcherneva

ptcherneva

Quick comments:Postwar "Keynesianism" prioritized govt support for private industry & dropped the direct govt employment efforts after the New Deal/WWII. This was a mistake. No direct job creation featured here

Michael J. Steudeman

mjsteudeman

Obama’s blithe treatment of drone killings of civilians is morally wrong and a scar on his legacy. But we also need to think about how the presidency itself—and its relationship

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