{"id":1963,"date":"2025-12-18T07:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2025-12-18T07:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:12:03","slug":"december-17-2025-daily-x-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1963","title":{"rendered":"December 17, 2025 &#8211; Daily X Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">This is becoming a pattern. It&#8217;s a busy season, man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some X threads from the last few days. For the most part, these posts are about news in National Security. We do the scrolling so you don\u2019t have to! This post also serves as an open thread. I welcome readers to post comments or additional links related to national security or history, even if they are not directly related to the links below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ep-257-elliott-abrams-on-the-venezuela-crisis\/id1589160645?i=1000741510889\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" id=\"id__elbbi8h9t3j\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">This is your must-listen-to podcast of the day. <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">I don&#8217;t disagree with anything here. Key stat: 8 million displaced Venezuelans. This destabilizes the entire region. Fixing this goes a long way to Making the Americas Great Again.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The president declares a partial blockade of Venezuela\u2014predicted and broken down on today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schoolofwarpod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@schoolofwarpod<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pi9uOKnQNB\">https:\/\/t.co\/pi9uOKnQNB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3na16WGf4N\">https:\/\/t.co\/3na16WGf4N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron MacLean (@AaronBMacLean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronBMacLean\/status\/2001090281479733584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Very good. Maduro has to go.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING:<\/p>\n<p>Trinidad and Tobago announces that it has approved U.S. military aircraft to use the country\u2019s airports over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BC7bQrPAh4\">pic.twitter.com\/BC7bQrPAh4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2000779748327166009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">We have local support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/a-major-power-shift-is-coming-to-the-u-s-military\/id1617887885?i=1000741670210\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If the School of War Podcast is your must-listen to, this is a close second. I have mixed feelings about the military realignment. Generally, I am not a fan of centralization, but I also don&#8217;t like the competing interests of separate regions. Bottom line, the government needs unity of effort with all ships rowing in the same direction. Currently, that doesn&#8217;t seem to happen; there are fiefdoms that compete for resources and attention. I do like the focus on actual security of the homeland vs abroad, and that ties into the weapon of mass destruction designation for fentanyl. 100,000-200,000 deaths a year&#8230;that is more than any bombs or war, and it is beyond time we took it seriously. The drain and disruption that this causes the nation is incalculable. Because this generally doesn&#8217;t affect the doner class, Washington didn&#8217;t care. The fentanyl epidemic is unrestricted warfare intentionally brought to the shores of this nation by China.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">China\u2019s ambitions go way beyond Taiwan,<\/p>\n<p>warns Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi in an interview with Visegrad24. \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A9JCzJ0JPD\">pic.twitter.com\/A9JCzJ0JPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2000907015950881066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">China is an empire. Taiwan is an independent country. It is not and never has been a part of the People&#8217;s Republic of China. Strategic Ambiguity needs to be over, and Taiwan needs to be defended.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">China\u2019s ambitions go way beyond Taiwan&#8230;their purpose is to build economic dependency and leverage dependency for political advantage.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Despite the United States being the Philippines&#8217; oldest treaty ally, it never interfered in the maritime disputes in the South China Sea. The US calling out the People&#8217;s Republic of China&#8217;s barbaric, illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive actions in the West Philippine Sea\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vEMkGZcrd2\">https:\/\/t.co\/vEMkGZcrd2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bC0slPUs7h\">pic.twitter.com\/bC0slPUs7h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay Tarriela (@jaytaryela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaytaryela\/status\/2000796049708126342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Facts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Taiwan is already an independent country, but the CCP keeps claiming that Taiwan is part of China.<\/p>\n<p>V24\u2019s founder Stefan Tompson met with Puma Shen, one of Taiwan\u2019s most outspoken Members of Parliament, who explained why he is a diehard Taiwanese independence advocate. \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GKxukhZdyd\">pic.twitter.com\/GKxukhZdyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2000999796333826462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let&#8217;s say it together: Taiwan is a sovereign state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anytime I make a post about how Americans should be fiercely proud of our conservation legacy, I have foreign bots swarming me saying \u201cDon\u2019t Russia and China have more Wilderness than the USA?\u201d It\u2019s an intentional effort to demoralize you and it\u2019s factually incorrect. Laughable\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wnDy1QGSVa\">https:\/\/t.co\/wnDy1QGSVa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4thTwAEpgd\">pic.twitter.com\/4thTwAEpgd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RodeoProfessor (@RodeoProfessor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RodeoProfessor\/status\/2000959401851810200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is good stuff and requires stewardship. We need to be proud of our legacy of protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is becoming a pattern. It&#8217;s a busy season, man. Some X threads from the last few days. For the most part, these posts are about news in National Security. We do the scrolling so you don\u2019t have to! This post also serves as an open thread. 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