Author: Michael

States use intelligence to inform their strategic decisions — and to influence their friends. Israel has a long history of passing secret intelligence to the United States in order to win its support, and according to multiple reports, it is trying again. The White House is more likely to join the war against Iran if it accepts Israeli intelligence at face value. But in doing so, it will sacrifice its strategic flexibility and risk losing diplomatic leverage. For a president who cherishes bargaining power, this would be a grave mistake.

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Salamander approved

Commander Salamander Substack
At first glance, this looks solid.

The White House is nominating Adm. Daryl Caudle, a career submariner and currently the commander of US Fleet Forces, to be the US Navy’s 34th chief of naval operations, following the unceremonious removal of Adm. Lisa Franchetti in late February.
Neither the White House nor the Navy has yet made a public comment regarding the selection, but Caudle’s nomination can be seen on a congressional website displaying all presidential nominees.

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The insane push for global nuclear conflict continues

Update(1210ET): Just an hour away from a high-stakes White House press briefing, and a report in The Guardian has really upped the ante…

Donald Trump has suggested to defense officials it would make sense for the US to launch strikes against Iran only if the so-called “bunker buster” bomb was guaranteed to destroy the critical uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
Trump was told that dropping the GBU-57s, a 13.

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