Quick X threads that I thought were interesting. This post is also an open thread. I welcome any readers to post comments or additional links related to national security or history issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
This, with the news breaking yesterday that a rare earths deal with Australia shows that at least our government is paying attention and trying to find a work around to China’s stranglehold on the market.
The CCP spent decades cornering the rare-earths market—undercutting U.S. producers and buying up assets. The Select Committee is working on this issue, and we have proposed crucial legislation to secure rare earths and our nation’s supply chains.https://t.co/9sWVy0uHaX
— Select Committee on China (@ChinaSelect) October 20, 2025
Two stories on securing the near-abroad. Make the Americas Great Again! Seriously though, if a larger conflict breaks out against China, the America’s are going to be critical.
🚨 Today, the U.S. announced its 7th strike in SOUTHCOM, destroying a boat affiliated with a Colombian cartel. The U.S. has massed 10,000+ troops in the region, with most in Puerto Rico and on 12 U.S. Navy ships. Also:
– USAF B-52H bombers + USMC F-35B fighters conducted a… pic.twitter.com/PyYyZlWSxC
— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) October 19, 2025
Monroe Doctrine 2.0: Why Venezuela, Guyana and Colombia suddenly matter a lot
Strip away the rhetoric and Washington’s fixation on the northern rim of South America is about two things: who controls the hemisphere’s next decade of oil flows, and who controls the chokepoints and… pic.twitter.com/ploPAkebqM
— EndGame Macro (@onechancefreedm) October 19, 2025
Some really good history in the next two threads. I did not know that about James Monroe.
Cornwallis Surrenders at Yorktown🧵
1/ On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces at Yorktown, Virginia, marking the decisive end of major combat in the Revolutionary War and paving the way for American independence. This… pic.twitter.com/vlM9IKbScf
— Manifest History (@ManifestHistory) October 19, 2025
James Monroe stood on a frozen battlefield, blood soaking his coat, a bullet buried near his heart. He didn’t fall.
He wasn’t chasing glory. He was fighting for a vision- the American experiment.
Before he became the fifth president of the United States, Monroe was a… pic.twitter.com/Os25DRXfEJ
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) October 19, 2025
NOT CHINA! Far East imperialism. It is a shame most Universities don’t see it that way. For some reason colonialization is only a Western problem. Almost as if, the problem isn’t really about colonies but the West itself…
Occupying & renaming territories, China is playing this dirty game for a long time.
Tibet is NOT CHINA
East Turkestan is NOT CHINA
Taiwan is NOT CHINA
Scarborough Shoal is NOT CHINA
Second Thomas Shoal is NOT CHINA
Spratly Islands is NOT CHINA
South China Sea is NOT CHINA pic.twitter.com/b1TylBAWm0
— Isabella Anderson (@IsabellaAn67) October 20, 2025