“From a human rights perspective, both sides can commit violations of international humanitarian law, including abuses involving prisoners of war or restrictions on journalists. However, the scale and systematic nature of such violations are not equivalent.”
“What kept us grounded was not ritual… My stepfather was a smart, community-oriented person… He understood what was going on around him. That helped keep us grounded.”
“There was chaos around me, and I produced a highly structured work in response.” — Scott Douglas Jacobsen
“Horniness is like a major river. The force is persistent, but the channel shifts. The banks move. The surrounding terrain changes.”
“The central issue remains that the objectives—weakening Iran’s regime and limiting its capabilities—are difficult to achieve through military action alone.”
“Wars often begin with optimistic assumptions about timelines and outcomes. History repeatedly shows that those assumptions are frequently wrong.”
“Foreign policy written in crayon and adrenaline” captures the danger of murky justifications, shifting narratives, and impulsive power in contemporary American politics.
“On my first day in Kyiv I heard a Shahed drone hovering above us—the closest comparison for a North American mind would be a lawnmower in the sky. They are not quiet; they are very loud.” — Scott Douglas Jacobsen
“External military pressure does not reliably produce stable democratic outcomes.”
“If I estimate approximately 15,000 to 17,000 occurrences… across an entire lifetime, it amounts to about one day in total.”
Rick Rosner 