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What a Hell of a Way to Die

Feb 27, 2020

The latest scandal in the military news world is the NYT publishing an op-ed from Taliban deputy commander Sirajuddin Haqqani. In this more-or-less anodyne editorial, Haqqani lays out his reasoning for entering peace talks with the US. This has of course caused a certain type of online veteran to explode into white-hot...


Feb 20, 2020

A long time ago, i.e. when Nate and Francis were teens and the Global War on Terror started, you didn’t really get internet while deployed. However, even if the war has gone nowhere, the slow march of progress has made it possible for troops to get personalized greetings from porn stars while overseas. This seems...


Feb 13, 2020

In the least shocking news you could imagine, Donald Trump was acquitted in the senate because our constitution is a garbage document that allows for infinity crimes. This is not a surprise to anyone, but one thing that did surprise us was the weird fixation on Alexander Vindman, particularly on Fox News. In fact, Pete...


Feb 6, 2020

You’ve surely noticed this phenomenon. In recent years, whenever a famous person dies, there’s always a parallel outrage from people online demanding that you grieve for fallen troops instead of the person for whom you’re grieving. In this episode, Nate and Francis discuss this at length, particularly in the wake...