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You edited your low-effort take into another still unargumented low-effort take... I see that you are not new here so you probably know what to expect for your

You edited your low-effort take into another still unargumented low-effort take... I see that you are not new here so you probably know what to expect for your comment, HN doesn't look kindly of flamebait. I am hijacking your comment in the hope that you and others will read the link I post here from a military historian whose articles end up regularly on the front page of HN. It adresses the question of US foreign adventurism and why the situation is different today. I.e why Iraq and Ukraine is not the same. It also give you a framework to think about international order. Hope this will open your mind a bit ant that you will stop blindly repeating ready-made ideas pundits keep hammering on: https://acoup.blog/2023/07/07/collections-the-status-quo-coalition/ https://acoup.blog/2023/07/07/collections-the-status-quo-coa...

wruza 2y ago
(Not gp) I’d like to read it, but I don’t understand how to even start to make sense of large texts like this. Does one just read and believe, or how does it look like? It speaks many insights and facts, but where does it get these? How does one even write such text without being e.g. a highly ranked official working directly in the field for many years? Authors profile https://acoup.blog/author/aimedtact/ https://acoup.blog/author/aimedtact/ doesn’t inspire confidence either. I’m not overtly critically set against it or anything in this thread, just curious what is the reasonable expectation here.
- esperent 2y ago
  The author Brett Deveraux is a fairly well known military historian. So I guess he got to be an expert, learn how to cite his sources and so on the way a lot of experts do: university, followed by many years work.
- cassepipe 2y ago
  I don't really understand your concerns. Just starting to read it a bit you will see that is not making any crazy points that would need solid sources. It seems to start from "international relations 101" The link you gave is not the author profile just lists all the article from the author which will be almost all of his articles since it his website. As I stated, he is a historian (by profession, the kind that gives classes, write books and engages with the historian academic community) and one of HN's darlings. Not sure why you would got out of your way to say that it does not inspire confidence. You can find the author here for example : https://bsky.app/profile/bretdevereaux.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/bretdevereaux.bsky.social
rvz 2y ago
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- cassepipe 2y ago
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meiraleal 2y ago
> It adresses the question of US foreign adventurism and why the situation is different today. I.e why Iraq and Ukraine is not the same. It also give you a framework to think about international order. The Russian internet is full of well-crafted content like this, with the opposite view. Both are propaganda.
- aguaviva 2y ago
  Except the piece in question isn't propaganda just because you say it is. You need to provide substantiation for this claim.

wruza 2y ago

(Not gp) I’d like to read it, but I don’t understand how to even start to make sense of large texts like this. Does one just read and believe, or how does it look like? It speaks many insights and facts, but where does it get these? How does one even write such text without being e.g. a highly ranked official working directly in the field for many years? Authors profile https://acoup.blog/author/aimedtact/ https://acoup.blog/author/aimedtact/ doesn’t inspire confidence either. I’m not overtly critically set against it or anything in this thread, just curious what is the reasonable expectation here.

esperent 2y ago
The author Brett Deveraux is a fairly well known military historian. So I guess he got to be an expert, learn how to cite his sources and so on the way a lot of experts do: university, followed by many years work.
cassepipe 2y ago
I don't really understand your concerns. Just starting to read it a bit you will see that is not making any crazy points that would need solid sources. It seems to start from "international relations 101" The link you gave is not the author profile just lists all the article from the author which will be almost all of his articles since it his website. As I stated, he is a historian (by profession, the kind that gives classes, write books and engages with the historian academic community) and one of HN's darlings. Not sure why you would got out of your way to say that it does not inspire confidence. You can find the author here for example : https://bsky.app/profile/bretdevereaux.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/bretdevereaux.bsky.social

rvz 2y ago

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cassepipe 2y ago
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meiraleal 2y ago

> It adresses the question of US foreign adventurism and why the situation is different today. I.e why Iraq and Ukraine is not the same. It also give you a framework to think about international order. The Russian internet is full of well-crafted content like this, with the opposite view. Both are propaganda.

aguaviva 2y ago
Except the piece in question isn't propaganda just because you say it is. You need to provide substantiation for this claim.