Category Archives: War Commentary

…is merely a strategic pause. And the blockade of Iran is part of it.

[Tuesday-morning update]

I’m going to make many of you spitting mad at me for pointing this out, but now that we have started the naval blockade, Iran’s strategic position (which was already hopeless) has become terminal. They are soon going to run out of storage space for their oil. And we haven’t even…
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) April 13, 2026

Technology and Society, War Commentary

China’s Weapons

April 10, 2026 Rand Simberg 9 Comments

Their failure in Venezuela and Iran will have consequences. They probably already have. And good ones for the good guys. Taiwan can probably breathe a little easier now.

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

An Open Letter To Western Europe

April 4, 2026 Rand Simberg 26 Comments

…from Eric Raymond.

Hello, Europeans. The first thing you need to understand about the rant I'm about to utter is that I'm not MAGA, not a Trumpite, but a libertarian who has in the past nevertheless been strongly supportive of US military presence overseas. Because I want the wars that defend this…
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) April 4, 2026