The Dignified Rant

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Brian J. Dunn: I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

And Now For Something Completely Different

Memes, come out and play. Memes, come out and play!

Friday, October 22, 2021

Smash, Grab, Hold, Talk, Hold

We shouldn't be talking to Russia over Ukraine. We should be punishing Russia and helping Ukraine bleed Russia for occupying Ukrainian t...

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Funding the Rising Sun?

Japan's leaders want to rearm to face China. Will the Japanese people support this? Has China woken up a sleeping giant? Over at Reuters...

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Believing There are Substitutes for Victory

Our military costs a lot of money. If the public believes the military is turning into a well-armed version of our left-wing universities, t...

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: EU Edition.

European Union apparatchiki shouldn't be allowed to pretend that America's sudden and stunning failure in Afghanistan is why they ne...

Monday, October 18, 2021

Pursuit of the Perfect Destroyed the Good

We should have stayed the course in Afghanistan from the beginning. We had a good enough result in Afghanistan with little effort : By 20...

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Weekend Data Dump

More on Japan's revival of naval aviation to continue their tradition of operating aircraft at sea . Japan will have two light carriers ...

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