Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
“Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda.”
- Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
“It is almost safe to say that no government is likely to be overthrown until it loses the ability to make adequate use of its military.”
- Crane Brinton
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
- Robert A. Heinlein, Friday
1. Some Climate-Change Effects May Be Irreversible, U.N. Panel Report Says
2. Is Taiwan Next?
3. As Afghan Cities Fall to Taliban, Brutal New Chapter Unfolds
4. As Taliban Capture Cities, U.S. Says Afghan Forces Must Fend for Themselves
5. The Propaganda War Intensifies in Afghanistan as the Taliban Gain Ground
6. The Taliban fly their flag in Kunduz as exhausted Afghan troops regroup.
7. Why the next major war is likely to start in Taiwan
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