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Travis

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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

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 13d

Now that the dust has settled on Israel's strike on Qatar, I wanted to discuss some of the oddities of the story that has become the mainstream narrative- the alleged firing of missiles from over the Red Sea. I'm not saying that didn't happen, just that it's a bit weird. That and more here:

Israel's Strike on Qatar: What Actually Happened?

On September 9, 2025, Israel struck a residential compound in Doha, Qatar, killing six people.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 5h

Nice Turkish Ottoman style mosque dipshit

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

Well Idaho, you DID vote for this.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 6h

Remember when Biden went on TV and said Palestinians were lying about how many people were dying in Gaza

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 7h

Main difference is the Hashd actually fought ISIS very bravely and successfully. Us police? Haven't fought anything other than their ex wife since their foundation.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 7h

They love shooting protesters in the head too

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 7h

Police in the US are comparable to the Iraqi Hashd ash Shaabi/PMU. Ostensibly part of a state security service run by elected civilian leadership, but in practice serve as an independent paramilitary completely unaccountable to civilian democratic control.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah absolutely, their human rights abuses are not because they're scary mohammetans but because they're filthy rich oil capitalists.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

Also it's extremely normal to lease or otherwise provide parts of existing military bases to countries that have close military relationships to us, like Qatar (or the UAE, or Singapore, or...) this is honestly not a weird or unusual thing. The problem is being allied with Qatar, broadly speaking.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao they just got $30 million of USAID funding like a month ago

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

Also the Biden ambassador to Israel and a Biden USAID appointee conspired to kill the Famine Early Warning Systems Network report that confirmed famine conditions in the north. Oops!

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

Noteworthy that the North has been cut off via the Netzarim Corridor for most of the last two years. There were no GHF distribution sites in the North, and famine conditions have been confirmed in North Gaza since at least October/November of 2024 (who was President then 🤔🤔🤔)

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2d

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Gaza residents are returning to north after the partial Israeli withdrawal.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

Former USAID personnel watching every other agency rehire all their staff

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2d

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Gaza residents are returning to north after the partial Israeli withdrawal.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 3d

For context, several thousand US military personnel have rotated through Israel during this genocide. Whether THAAD battery personnel or working on the JLOTS (the "pier") or helping build out Israeli Air Force bases, our boys have been involved in the day to day operation of the genocide machine

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

“The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza…”

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and privat...

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 3d

To think that Biden could not achieve a ceasefire with behind the scenes pressure on Israel is to show complete ignorance of the relationship between the US and Israel. The war would have ended in November 2023 if the US stopped sending aerial bombs. Even threatening to do this ends the war.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

I'd almost prefer a genuine liar.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

To be clear, the problem is AOC and co were either lying or so fundamentally ignorant of the nature of the relationship between the United States and Israel that they have no business being in a position of such influence. Given the "defensive weapons" nonsense, I think it's the latter.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

It's extremely normal for the most violent part of a conflict to be the hours leading up to the ceasefire. Some of the worst bombing and missile strikes between Iran and Israel were after the ceasefire was agreed upon.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

And even if Netanyahu "preferred" Trump, that doesn't absolve Biden from never using even a little bit of pressure or even threatening behind the scenes to potentially use pressure. The Biden policy was to help Israel do whatever they wanted, full stop.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

Hilarious that the continued failure to deliver on the Block 4 F-35 update is singlehandedly degrading huge chunks of NATO's theoretical airpower. Is Lockheed Martin a Russian asset???

Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 4d

Add to this the discussed issue of F-35B lacking stand off capability in British service, notionally well into 2030s, and it puts the touted carrier strike capability somewhat into perspective.

Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

Me saying "I'm hungry" every day in Turkish class ended up with me getting married, so I heartily endorse this message.

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 4d

آمریکایی ها واقعا خنده دارند

Zeitkitty @zeitkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe read up on the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979, and their release in 1981 because of the deal Iran made with the Reagan campaign and come on back here and tell us about it.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

Please point out precisely where I said he will enforce this one

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

Biden could have pulled the plug on the Israeli military at any point with no way for Congress or lobbyists or Israel to stop him. Simply order the State Dept to follow and enforce existing law and *poof* the IDF cannot meaningfully operate at scale.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

Idk the details of this plan, but I know the day before the January ceasefire, something like 6 aid trucks entered Gaza. Day one of that ceasefire, over 900 trucks entered Gaza. If nothing else, any easing of the aid restrictions will save lives, even if I'm not hopeful this is permanent.

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