Travis
@someforeignfield.bsky.social
Former USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, former International Rescue Committee.
Humanitarian professional, missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield
Humanitarian professional, missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield
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Illicit Arms in Sudan
How foreign actors and lax arms export regimes are fueling genocide in Sudan
someforeignfield.substack.com
Using the Sterling Arms XLCR as an illustrative example, I discuss the web of money and guns that the UAE operates to fuel the RSF's activities in Sudan, where it has been credibly accused of committing genocide. Until something is done about this, the killing will only continue.
Your paper advocated slapping them with felony charges and putting them on terrorist watch lists and violently deporting them because they wanted their universities to not give their tuition dollars to Elbit systems.
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Your paper advocated slapping them with felony charges and putting them on terrorist watch lists and violently deporting them because they wanted their universities to not give their tuition dollars to Elbit systems.
All the ones who touched USAID almost certainly violated numerous laws wrt handling of classified material, among other things. I'd guess they would be immune to civil suit by wronged employees/etc but they absolutely should be prosecuted.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All the ones who touched USAID almost certainly violated numerous laws wrt handling of classified material, among other things. I'd guess they would be immune to civil suit by wronged employees/etc but they absolutely should be prosecuted.
As always the only way Israel will abide by the ceasefires it has signed on to is if the United States imposes real costs on it for not doing so. Since the IDF is 100% reliant on active support by the US military, the US president is uniquely positioned to impose those costs.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As always the only way Israel will abide by the ceasefires it has signed on to is if the United States imposes real costs on it for not doing so. Since the IDF is 100% reliant on active support by the US military, the US president is uniquely positioned to impose those costs.
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Always learning from Travis here below, as someone who is not well versed in military science or the equipment or particulars of the flow of weaponry. If you're interested in this (and other things such as genuine analysis of Lebanon for example) give a subscription.
Using the Sterling Arms XLCR as an illustrative example, I discuss the web of money and guns that the UAE operates to fuel the RSF's activities in Sudan, where it has been credibly accused of committing genocide. Until something is done about this, the killing will only continue.
Illicit Arms in Sudan
How foreign actors and lax arms export regimes are fueling genocide in Sudan
someforeignfield.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Always learning from Travis here below, as someone who is not well versed in military science or the equipment or particulars of the flow of weaponry. If you're interested in this (and other things such as genuine analysis of Lebanon for example) give a subscription.
A certain crowd loves to use Sudan as a cudgel against people opposed to the genocide in Gaza.
Are those people talking about Khalifa Haftar? Fly Sky Air IL-76s flying to Chad? Small Canadian arms dealers?
No. But I am. Read more here.
Are those people talking about Khalifa Haftar? Fly Sky Air IL-76s flying to Chad? Small Canadian arms dealers?
No. But I am. Read more here.
Using the Sterling Arms XLCR as an illustrative example, I discuss the web of money and guns that the UAE operates to fuel the RSF's activities in Sudan, where it has been credibly accused of committing genocide. Until something is done about this, the killing will only continue.
Illicit Arms in Sudan
How foreign actors and lax arms export regimes are fueling genocide in Sudan
someforeignfield.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A certain crowd loves to use Sudan as a cudgel against people opposed to the genocide in Gaza.
Are those people talking about Khalifa Haftar? Fly Sky Air IL-76s flying to Chad? Small Canadian arms dealers?
No. But I am. Read more here.
Are those people talking about Khalifa Haftar? Fly Sky Air IL-76s flying to Chad? Small Canadian arms dealers?
No. But I am. Read more here.
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How in the hell did these guns, sold by a bespoke hunting rifle dealer in Canada, end up in Sudan, wielded by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces? Of course, the answer is the UAE - and the world's lack of care about arms proliferation.
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How in the hell did these guns, sold by a bespoke hunting rifle dealer in Canada, end up in Sudan, wielded by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces? Of course, the answer is the UAE - and the world's lack of care about arms proliferation.
How in the hell did these guns, sold by a bespoke hunting rifle dealer in Canada, end up in Sudan, wielded by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces? Of course, the answer is the UAE - and the world's lack of care about arms proliferation.
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How in the hell did these guns, sold by a bespoke hunting rifle dealer in Canada, end up in Sudan, wielded by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces? Of course, the answer is the UAE - and the world's lack of care about arms proliferation.
There's a lot of talk about what Dems should do when they take power. Since a new administration is capable of two things at once, they should prosecute or sideline every prominent foreign policy advisor/official from the Biden admin.
They won't, because they'll hire them instead, but they should.
They won't, because they'll hire them instead, but they should.
Under Biden, General Erik Kurilla was closer to Israel than almost anyone else in government.
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There's a lot of talk about what Dems should do when they take power. Since a new administration is capable of two things at once, they should prosecute or sideline every prominent foreign policy advisor/official from the Biden admin.
They won't, because they'll hire them instead, but they should.
They won't, because they'll hire them instead, but they should.
Halo Covenant ship name ass movie title.
Hunger Games: Long Night of Solace
Hunger Games: The Pious Inquisitor
Hunger Games: Unyielding Hierophant
Hunger Games: Long Night of Solace
Hunger Games: The Pious Inquisitor
Hunger Games: Unyielding Hierophant
First look at Ralph Fiennes as President Snow in ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.’ Out November 20, 2026.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Halo Covenant ship name ass movie title.
Hunger Games: Long Night of Solace
Hunger Games: The Pious Inquisitor
Hunger Games: Unyielding Hierophant
Hunger Games: Long Night of Solace
Hunger Games: The Pious Inquisitor
Hunger Games: Unyielding Hierophant
6'2" 185 with "low body fat" is like... Brad Pitt in Fight Club physique. Being generous and saying "low" is like 15-20% and that's still a very lean physique, probably 31-32 inch waist.
Now let me Google image search "Elon Musk physique" while taking a sip of coffee ....
Now let me Google image search "Elon Musk physique" while taking a sip of coffee ....
this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
6'2" 185 with "low body fat" is like... Brad Pitt in Fight Club physique. Being generous and saying "low" is like 15-20% and that's still a very lean physique, probably 31-32 inch waist.
Now let me Google image search "Elon Musk physique" while taking a sip of coffee ....
Now let me Google image search "Elon Musk physique" while taking a sip of coffee ....
My experience at USAID was that there was literally 0 internal resistance to anything Trump or DOGE were doing so take that as you like
it is so frustrating that we have to infer the degree of internal resistance within the federal government rather than being able to see it clearly but obviously that’s how it has to work
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My experience at USAID was that there was literally 0 internal resistance to anything Trump or DOGE were doing so take that as you like
The bottom line is that Israel would have likely been struck by hundreds of drones and missiles from Iran and Yemen, and the apparent failure of Iran's attacks was solely due to the massive deployment of US military assets - all to ensure the continuation of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
I will be writing another "Myth of Israeli Military Independence" entry soon. The hits keep piling up, and the more we disabuse the general public of the idea that the US was only indirectly involved in the war Israel unleashed across half the planet, the better.
Thread of The Myth of Israeli Military Independence: you want to know how much Israel needs the active, constant, and unquestioning support of the United States, and how that relationship is unique and irreplaceable? Read on (and more coming, as there's so much to talk about!)
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The bottom line is that Israel would have likely been struck by hundreds of drones and missiles from Iran and Yemen, and the apparent failure of Iran's attacks was solely due to the massive deployment of US military assets - all to ensure the continuation of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Allegedly 2 Sukhoi Su-57s have now been delivered to the Algerian Air Force, part of an order of 12, which would make it the first Arab and first vaguely anti-Israel country to receive 5th generation fighter aircraft with stealth features.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Allegedly 2 Sukhoi Su-57s have now been delivered to the Algerian Air Force, part of an order of 12, which would make it the first Arab and first vaguely anti-Israel country to receive 5th generation fighter aircraft with stealth features.
I will be writing another "Myth of Israeli Military Independence" entry soon. The hits keep piling up, and the more we disabuse the general public of the idea that the US was only indirectly involved in the war Israel unleashed across half the planet, the better.
Thread of The Myth of Israeli Military Independence: you want to know how much Israel needs the active, constant, and unquestioning support of the United States, and how that relationship is unique and irreplaceable? Read on (and more coming, as there's so much to talk about!)
The Myth of Israeli Military Independence (Part 1)
They need us more than you think
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I will be writing another "Myth of Israeli Military Independence" entry soon. The hits keep piling up, and the more we disabuse the general public of the idea that the US was only indirectly involved in the war Israel unleashed across half the planet, the better.
Awards being given to USAF aircrews who expended several hundred million dollars worth of US taxpayer funds to ensure that Israel didn't have to face consequences for its brazen and illegal attack on the sovereign territory of Iran and the targeted killing of Iranian diplomats
Mackay Trophy Given to F-15E Crews Who Faced Iranian Barrage
The F-15E crews who stared down Iran’s massive aerial assault against Israel in April 2024 were presented with the Mackay Trophy.
www.airandspaceforces.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Awards being given to USAF aircrews who expended several hundred million dollars worth of US taxpayer funds to ensure that Israel didn't have to face consequences for its brazen and illegal attack on the sovereign territory of Iran and the targeted killing of Iranian diplomats
It's not the same of course, but refugees arrive in the US in debt as well. They have to repay the costs of the flights that took them here, paid for by IOM.
Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's not the same of course, but refugees arrive in the US in debt as well. They have to repay the costs of the flights that took them here, paid for by IOM.
Israel in absolute fucking shambles
Beginning of the end, imo. All we need is an Egyptian J-10CE order to be confirmed and the first Turkish Eurofighter Gr. 4s to arrive and Israel's regional air supremacy is, for the first time in 40 years, ended.
Beginning of the end, imo. All we need is an Egyptian J-10CE order to be confirmed and the first Turkish Eurofighter Gr. 4s to arrive and Israel's regional air supremacy is, for the first time in 40 years, ended.
Trump says the United States will be selling F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Israel in absolute fucking shambles
Beginning of the end, imo. All we need is an Egyptian J-10CE order to be confirmed and the first Turkish Eurofighter Gr. 4s to arrive and Israel's regional air supremacy is, for the first time in 40 years, ended.
Beginning of the end, imo. All we need is an Egyptian J-10CE order to be confirmed and the first Turkish Eurofighter Gr. 4s to arrive and Israel's regional air supremacy is, for the first time in 40 years, ended.
Israelis love lying about their military achievements. Apparently the US is not capable of 1200 sorties (the 1st Gulf War air campaign was 100,000 sorties)
And also these numbers of destroyed targets are at least 2-5x what's been verified, and also most of those refuelings were by the USAF.
And also these numbers of destroyed targets are at least 2-5x what's been verified, and also most of those refuelings were by the USAF.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Israelis love lying about their military achievements. Apparently the US is not capable of 1200 sorties (the 1st Gulf War air campaign was 100,000 sorties)
And also these numbers of destroyed targets are at least 2-5x what's been verified, and also most of those refuelings were by the USAF.
And also these numbers of destroyed targets are at least 2-5x what's been verified, and also most of those refuelings were by the USAF.
World cities, ranked:
1: İstanbul
2: Sarajevo
3: Belgrade
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4: Rome
5: Los Angeles
1: İstanbul
2: Sarajevo
3: Belgrade
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4: Rome
5: Los Angeles
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
World cities, ranked:
1: İstanbul
2: Sarajevo
3: Belgrade
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4: Rome
5: Los Angeles
1: İstanbul
2: Sarajevo
3: Belgrade
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4: Rome
5: Los Angeles
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If Biden had enforced the Leahy Law on Netanyahu, it would’ve saved both American political parties—& Israel itself—a world of drama.
Now both Democrats & Republicans are facing civil wars within their parties that pivot on one litmus test in particular: US support for Israel.
Now both Democrats & Republicans are facing civil wars within their parties that pivot on one litmus test in particular: US support for Israel.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
If Biden had enforced the Leahy Law on Netanyahu, it would’ve saved both American political parties—& Israel itself—a world of drama.
Now both Democrats & Republicans are facing civil wars within their parties that pivot on one litmus test in particular: US support for Israel.
Now both Democrats & Republicans are facing civil wars within their parties that pivot on one litmus test in particular: US support for Israel.
America's best friends in the Middle East are dismembering journalists (KSA), commiting genocide in Sudan (UAE), jailing everyone who says anything (Egypt), and of course committing genocide in Gaza (Israel).
The bipartisan Biden-Trump Axis of Misery.
The bipartisan Biden-Trump Axis of Misery.
The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing and dismemberment of a Post columnist, making President Trump's formal dinner for the prince on Tuesday a dramatic step in public rehabilitation. https://wapo.st/3LOwEFn
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
America's best friends in the Middle East are dismembering journalists (KSA), commiting genocide in Sudan (UAE), jailing everyone who says anything (Egypt), and of course committing genocide in Gaza (Israel).
The bipartisan Biden-Trump Axis of Misery.
The bipartisan Biden-Trump Axis of Misery.
Trump is a pedophile and a close associate and blackmail target of a well known unregistered Israeli intelligence asset, the Biden administration knew both of these facts, and did nothing. Biden said "Welcome home."
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump is a pedophile and a close associate and blackmail target of a well known unregistered Israeli intelligence asset, the Biden administration knew both of these facts, and did nothing. Biden said "Welcome home."
Ma'am you were vice president of the United States of America
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ma'am you were vice president of the United States of America
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The idea that the US was not a co belligerent in the war on Gaza more or less requires that you just ignore the evidence as it exists
The United States expended 25% of its entire missile defense capacity to prevent Israel from facing consequences for its war of aggression against Iran! The US Navy pushed maintenance schedules back years to kill Yemenis on behalf of Israel! They poured F/A-18s into the Red Sea for Israel!
I don't want to directly quote tweet but there are apparently still people who think the US is somehow only "indirectly" involved in the genocide in Gaza. We've spent probably $50+ billion to make sure it happens! American soldiers have killed and died making sure it continues!
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The idea that the US was not a co belligerent in the war on Gaza more or less requires that you just ignore the evidence as it exists