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Fellow at MTA | PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.

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11.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com

11.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 658 πŸ” 223 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 28

Hahahahahhahahahahhahh

11.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not a ground for air to pound

...wait what

11.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
11.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 434 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

He's given a chance to make the case for why negotiations failed and we get word salad.

11.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah...he doesn't know the difference between stockpiles, enrichment, and reactors.

11.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Poasting so good that a senator prints and reads them in a hearing

11.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

11.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 12155 πŸ” 4971 πŸ’¬ 328 πŸ“Œ 695
Banh mi

Banh mi

Roast pork banh mi

11.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Taiwan

11.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm at the IAEA crisis. I'm at the IEA crisis. I'm at the combination IAEAIEA crisis.

11.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also Indian ocean rear area support/refueling during gwot

11.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think a US request for assistance is unlikely because the admin's approach is that allies should focus on security issues in their own neighborhoods but it's surprising how much of a reversal this would be from decades of US-J alliance management

11.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can the U.S. ask for Japan’s help in the Iran war? Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says the Middle East conflict is not a β€œsurvival-threatening situation” for Japan thus far.

With the Takaichi-Trump summit forthcoming, the 2015 defense guidelines offer perspective on what the U.S. could potentially request; namely, minesweeping, the escort of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and logistics support.

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03...

10.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
A little girl in an elementary school uniform , the yellow on her backpack indicating she was in 1st grade. A woman in a beige trench coat holds her arm as they walk through the station together. That girl would be in her 20s now. I’m sure she still remembers the trench coat lady.

A little girl in an elementary school uniform , the yellow on her backpack indicating she was in 1st grade. A woman in a beige trench coat holds her arm as they walk through the station together. That girl would be in her 20s now. I’m sure she still remembers the trench coat lady.

I took this photo 15 yrs ago today, at Korakuen station, after being stuck underground on the Marunouchi line. The little girl had been on the platform crying alone, so the woman in the trench coat- a total stranger- comforted her & lead her over to the long line of people waiting for the payphone.

10.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

I have no idea what the Trump admin could do to make such a commitment credible

10.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

oh great more Platter discourse

10.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Project chariot

Project chariot

Okay hear me out: we make a new Strait of Hormuz

10.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

He's so stupid it hurts

10.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources familiar with the matter.

(Reuters) β€” US Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now. www.reuters.com/world/middle-...

10.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 24
I am pleased to report that within the last few hours, we have hit, and completely destroyed, 10 inactive mine laying boats and/or ships, with more to follow! President DONALD J. TRUMP

I am pleased to report that within the last few hours, we have hit, and completely destroyed, 10 inactive mine laying boats and/or ships, with more to follow! President DONALD J. TRUMP

someone's starting to panic

10.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

yes, no more environmentally woke wooden hulls. American steel only.

10.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
maga boat parade

maga boat parade

it is time for REAL AMERICAN PATRIOTS to get together and CLEAR THOSE MINES so we can continue WINNING LIKE WE'VE NEVER WON BEFORE. DONT BE A PANICAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

10.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Any ship can be a minesweeper just once

10.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
10.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Elena Sokova, the executive director of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, called the administration’s assessments of the Tehran Research Reactor β€œconfusing and misleading” and riddled with β€œtechnical errors.” 

β€œIt mixes up different elements of the nuclear program and their potential proliferation capabilities,” Sokova said. β€œResearch reactors are not capable of doing enrichment of uranium, whether for civil or military purposes.”

Elena Sokova, the executive director of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, called the administration’s assessments of the Tehran Research Reactor β€œconfusing and misleading” and riddled with β€œtechnical errors.” β€œIt mixes up different elements of the nuclear program and their potential proliferation capabilities,” Sokova said. β€œResearch reactors are not capable of doing enrichment of uranium, whether for civil or military purposes.”

We're at war because witkoff doesn't know the difference between a reactor and a centrifuge

10.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
As an extension of the administration’s argument for further destroying any would-be Iranian nuclear operations, Witkoff warned in a Fox News interview this week that Iran β€œcontrolled 460 kg of 60%” enriched uranium at the facility β€” a level that would bring Iran roughly one week away from being able to have weapons-grade material.

However, during negotiations, the Iranians told Witkoff and Kushner that they would turn over that uranium as part of a new nuclear agreement with the U.S., according to the Persian Gulf diplomat who spoke with MS NOW. The Iranians also told Witkoff that the country enriched the uranium after President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA brokered by the Obama administration.

As an extension of the administration’s argument for further destroying any would-be Iranian nuclear operations, Witkoff warned in a Fox News interview this week that Iran β€œcontrolled 460 kg of 60%” enriched uranium at the facility β€” a level that would bring Iran roughly one week away from being able to have weapons-grade material. However, during negotiations, the Iranians told Witkoff and Kushner that they would turn over that uranium as part of a new nuclear agreement with the U.S., according to the Persian Gulf diplomat who spoke with MS NOW. The Iranians also told Witkoff that the country enriched the uranium after President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA brokered by the Obama administration.

launch witkoff into the sun

www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

10.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

no but don't you realize pete is personally eating millions of dollars of steak and lobster by himself πŸ™ƒ

10.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0