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War Scholar | Chair of War Studies Madison Policy Forum | Executive Director @urbanwarfareins | UWP podcast | Thoughts/Posts my own RT/Quote/Like ≠ Official Gov

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1Dec 4, '23I just watched the roughly 45-minute footage of October 7th at a private screening in NYC. Here are my immediate thoughts minutes after watching it. 🧵307×18.9M53k19k14k
2Jul 23, '25I’m a War Scholar. There Is No Genocide in Gaza In his New York Times op-ed titled “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It,” Omer Bartov accused Israel of committing genoc87×5.4M28k6.7k8.2k
3Dec 7, '23Since there has been a sudden burst of experts on the handling of prisoners of war, here is what I see from the photos of the @IDF and Hamas prisoners of war in Gaza. 🧵70.9×4.4M13k2.3k1.4k
4May 14, '25Operation Sindoor: A Decisive Victory in Modern Warfare India has not declared Operation Sindoor completely over. What exists now is a sensitive halt in operations. Some may call i58.2×3.6M28k6.9k3.2k
5Dec 10, '23“I am changed forever more [after watching the Oct 7th video], there is your context madam presidents…this is not about a territorial dispute, it’s not about oppressors and the opp38.3×2.4M22k5.6k1.9k
6Jan 30, '24IMO Israel has implemented more measure to prevent civilian casualties in urban warfare than any other military in the history of war. This includes many measure the U.S. has (or h37.9×2.3M11k3.2k2.6k
7Mar 29, '24.@joerogan you are very wrong on Israel and how the war is going in Gaza. I just got back from Gaza. I am one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare. Let’s have a conversa37.3×2.3M10k2k572
8Sep 18, '24Hezbollah Pager Operation. A few personal thoughts.34.1×2.1M12k1.7k2.5k
9Sep 4, '25Israel Is Not Committing Genocide: Exposing the Distortion of Law and Truth By Arsen Ostrovsky and John Spencer As day follows night, recycled accusations of “genocide” are once ag30.6×1.9M11k3.2k2.5k
10May 4, '24Israel has done more to prevent civilian casualties in war than any military in history — above & beyond what international law requires & more than the US did in its wars in Iraq 30.3×1.9M13k4.1k3.3k
11Apr 16, '25Dear lord, Dave Smith thinks he is the first person to critically think about the morality of war. I will give Dave credit in saying there seems to be two realities here, his and r29.8×1.8M8.6k988930
12May 16, '25Pakistan deployed a “first to lie” strategy within hours of the start of India’s Operation Sindoor, many international media fell for it. Like we have seen in Gaza, fact checking h29×1.8M25k5k1.1k
13Oct 30, '25The silence is deafening. Civilian men, women, and children are being slaughtered in Sudan. Estimates of over 150,000 killed & 14 million displaced since April 2023. Considered the28.1×1.7M23k6.8k1.6k
14Jul 20, '25The Forgotten Slaughter of Syria’s Druze—and Israel’s Moral Response “During the Holocaust, when you were being slaughtered, you, the Jews, cried for help and no one came. Today we27.8×1.7M14k4.1k1.3k
16May 29, '25India’s Operation Sindoor: A Battlefield Verdict on Chinese Weapons—And India’s Victory India’s transformation into a modern defense power began in 2014, when Prime Minister Modi l24.4×1.5M13k3.4k2.2k
17May 24, '23"Because we didn't want to, quote "provoke Vladimir Putin," By showing weakness we provoked Vladimir Putin...I was deeply disappointed in the United States of America when they (Uk22.3×1.4M7.8k1.7k723
18Oct 1, '23To the United States Congress: I support Ukraine 100% until victory. And I vote. I’m watching to see which US representatives and senators have a moral backbone and which are cowar22×1.4M11k1.7k44
19Dec 21, '22"History only remembers the victors, only the strong and the brave." President Zelensky in Bakhmut. No script, no teleprompter, only pure leadership! Historic leadership!21×1.3M27k4.9k425
21Jun 11, '23A lot of reports of Ukrainian forces on the march, gaining momentum on the Zaporizhzhia to Melitopol axis. This would be operationally significant, making possible cutting of the l19.4×1.2M8.8k946109
23Aug 10, '24I have never seen a battle or war where casualty numbers can be known immediately after a strike. Not in hours, not in minutes. Also never seen a war where main stream media will i18.2×1.1M15k4k954
25Sep 2, '25I am a war scholar - there is no genocide in Gaza @Jerusalem_Post18×1.1M8.6k2.1k829
26Dec 17, '22BREAKING: Reports of stand still traffic jams on the Kerch bridge (the bridge linking Ukrainian Crimea to Russia). Other reports of explosion in Crimea. 🙏 Hoping Ukraine struck th17.7×1.1M8.5k87260
27May 11, '25India demonstrated both the strength of its layered air defenses—many indigenously built, alongside Israeli and Russian systems—and its ability to penetrate Pakistan’s Chinese-made17.6×1.1M19k5k1.2k
28Jan 26, '23The days are numbered for the Russian military in Ukraine.16.8×1M10k58838
29Dec 27, '22"But the price of not supporting them [Ukraine] will be much higher...you should care about your own security interest...step up and provide support, full stop." Europe must do mor14.6×898k10k2.3k204
30May 14, '25"After just four days of calibrated military action, it is objectively conclusive: India achieved a massive victory. Operation Sindoor met and exceeded its strategic aims—destroyin13.4×827k15k5.5k936
31Dec 25, '22Merry Christmas to all the soldiers around the world not with their loved ones, but rather standing guard or fighting so I can be with mine.13.2×812k18k1.8k75
32Jan 12, '23This was my M2 Bradley in Baghdad, Iraq, 2008. There are many like it, but this was mine. I am looking forward to seeing pictures of Bradleys in Ukraine soon. #ArmUkraineNow13×799k12k79042
33Dec 30, '22Respect #IYKYK12.8×786k15k1.2k54
34May 17, '25"‘Can hit Pakistan anytime, anywhere’: US war expert says Chinese, Pak air defence no match for BrahMos" @business_today12.6×774k19k3.5k653
35Mar 10, '24To be clear, 30,000 civilians have not died in Gaza. The Hamas run Gaza Health Ministry casualty numbers do not distinguish between Hamas combatants & Palestinian civilian noncomba12.4×765k7.3k1.9k431
36Apr 7, '25Just a reminder. Bunker busters 101. Unclassified.12.3×759k11k1.3k3.7k
37Nov 21, '24On October 7, 2023 Hamas broke a ceasefire & invaded Israel committing thousands of war crimes against civilians. Israel has since waged a legal, moral, ethical campaign agains12×737k14k3k1.2k
38Sep 10, '22Just in case you are still not informed. Ukraine has launched the greatest counteroffensive since World War II. Ukraine has regained/liberated over 1,000 km of land & cities. U11.5×087k11k678
39May 11, '25"Air Defense in the Modern Era: No Silver Bullets, Only Layers " In recent weeks, India has demonstrated the evolving nature of modern air defense—not only in defending its own air10.8×663k16k4.5k900
40Jun 13, '23"[U.S.] Air-defense system is finally doing what it was designed for, 40 years later...No one was 100% sure that the Patriot was capable of destroying a Kh-47 hypersonic missile...10.7×658k11k1.5k75
41Dec 22, '22His speech was not Churchillian, it was Zelenskillian. It was excellent.10.7×658k14k1.5k53
42Dec 29, '22Russia invades a sovereign nation to fully annex/subjugate 40+ million breaking the fundamental principle of the UN Charter. Russia commits massive war crimes & genocide in Ukr10.7×657k8.7k1.7k53
43Jul 24, '24“John Spencer is head of urban warfare studies at West Point. He’s studied every major urban conflict...in history. Israel, he said, has implemented more precautions to prevent civ10.7×656k11k2.2k745
44May 17, '25😳10.6×655k19k2.4k542
45Sep 24, '25Still not a genocide in Gaza. It is a war. A war where Israel tries to reduce civilian harm while Hamas tries to increase it.9.1×562k12k2.7k855
46Feb 26, '22So I've been asked what my advice would be to civilian resistors in Ukriane, especially Kyiv. Someone with no military training but wanting to resist. Here are a few things #Kyiv #8.9×037k14k7.6k
47May 19, '25I visited the Golden Temple in 2019. The idea that Pakistan would target it is awful.8.0×491k15k1.4k256
48Dec 22, '22He is live on the floor of Congress! Standing ovation for @ZelenskyyUa For Ukraine!7.4×455k11k74726
49Oct 9, '23The United States can and must fully support BOTH Ukraine and Israel! It is why we are who we are.7.3×450k8.5k1.2k28
50Aug 7, '24Based on my 3 research trips into Gaza since October 7th, I 100% agree with the commission and stand by my findings that the @IDF have implemented more measure to prevent civilian 6.8×418k8k2.5k717
51Jul 4, '25I had a great conversation about Operation Sindoor with the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Rajiv Gha @IndianArmy_LG @adgpi6.7×411k9.9k838298
52Dec 8, '24The Middle East is forever changed. - Iran has shown it is weak even in internal defense. - Iran has lost Syria. - Iran lost Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel set the group back decades6.7×409k7.9k1.2k320
53Nov 10, '25The damage the BBC has caused in the last two years is hard to measure. It is massive IMO. To Israel, to jewish communities around the world, to the truth.5.8×355k10k2.4k541
54Apr 6, '23Ukraine - the shield of Europe!5.4×334k7.7k99542
55Jul 28, '22I just watched the video showing Russian soldiers cutting off the genitalia of Ukrainian POWs. How do you unsee that? WTF are we waiting on to halt this evil? Stop incrementally se5.3×031k8.3k315
56Oct 28, '24Breaking: UN Security Council holds emergency meeting about Israel upon request from Iran. You read that right, Iran with (according to the U.N.) the support of Algeria, China and 5.1×317k7.8k2k256
57Nov 8, '24The videos/scenes out of Amsterdam are disgusting. Middle Eastern mobs hunting down and attacking jews on the streets. Where are the authorities? Enough people have been warning of4.6×281k8.1k1.5k152
58May 15, '25"Operation Sindoor exceeded aims, India achieved a massive victory," @timesofindia4.6×281k14k3.5k391
59Mar 10, '22This makes me very sad. Like I am not doing enough. I have girls this age. We (the world) must do more to help Ukraine. I understand all the political and escalation lines. I don’t4.2×028k5k567
60May 14, '25Very important to call these things out.3.7×227k11k3k336
61Dec 4, '22An insane photo from Kharkiv, Ukraine today. Two police officers looking at a fragment pile of Russian rockets that hit Ukraine's second largest city. h/t @alexbakus #Kharkiv #Ukra3.5×018k6.8k609
62Sep 28, '24I do not mourn the death of terrorists. Neither should you.3.3×200k8.9k69245
63Oct 18, '24I lost my friend 21 years ago. 1LT David Bernstein. The best of us. David was mortally wounded and still worked to save other soldiers. All gave some, some gave all. RIP brother.2.9×176k10k70783
64Mar 26, '22Yes please @LEGO_Group I will buy one for each of my three kids, and one for me of course. Immediately!2.5×017k3k150
65Dec 11, '22Kherson is Ukraine! Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine! Donetsk is Ukraine! Luhansk is Ukraine! Crimea is Ukraine!2.4×017k2k11
66May 16, '22Russia loses over an entire battalion of men, tanks, equipment in trying to cross a single river, but talks big against Finland 🤔2.3×018k2.1k113
67Aug 19"Ernest Hemingway couldn't have made up the real life of John Spencer. Facing Bullets, Bombs, and Bees (yes, bees, he was actually attacked by killer bees), Spencer writes about hi2.3×138k2886926
68Feb 19, '25May they finally rest in peace. 💔2.0×125k8.7k81458
69Mar 15, '22My name is John Spencer. I am the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies. I have fought in the hell that is urban warfare. I have studied and written about it for almost a decade. I have a2.0×011k2.7k1.5k
70Apr 2, '22Genocide committed in Ukraine! Reports/photos show civilians w/their hands tied behind their backs, shot in head. Could be thousands. Mass graves. Massacre of Bucha, northwest of K2.0×013k3k92
71Nov 15, '22I am still in awe. A President visiting his troops, his people, on the very front line, with the enemy less than 10km away. A man who rose to the occasion and became the leader his1.9×014k1.9k91
72Jul 29, '22Russian soldiers post heinous videos cutting Ukrainian POW genitalia off. Then videos surface of charred prisoners (40+ killed) after Russia bombs a POW camp in #Olenivka to cover 1.9×012k2.9k65
73Oct 18, '22Stop listening to the opinions of people with a lot of money, followers, or fame but with zero education or experience in strategy, geo-politics, history, or military disciplines. 1.9×013k2.2k119
74Dec 5, '22I still strongly believe the U.S. should provide #Ukraine ATACMS, Grey Eagle, Patriot missile systems, & more. It will greatly assist in ending Russia's illegal war quicker. St1.8×013k2k57
75May 22, '22Three point peace plan in Ukraine: 1. Removal of all Russian military forces from sovereign Ukraine land. 2. Return home of every single Ukrainian citizen kidnapped by Russia. Men,1.8×012k2.3k61
76Jul 29, '22Why is Russia still a member of the @UN Security Council? They are the biggest threat to global security since Hitler. Illegally invaded the 2nd largest country in Europe. Thousand1.8×011k2.5k18
77Mar 16, '22My name is John Spencer. I'm the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies. I have studied & written about urban warfare for near 10 yrs. If I was defending a city, this is what I'd say/d1.8×08.4k2.1k2k
80Nov 17, '22My “Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender” is now available in Farsi. Originally written for Ukraine, now available in 13 different languages. #urbanwarfare1.6×07.7k3k486
81Sep 21, '22A legend has been freed. Give the equivalent of a Medal of Honor. Protect him.1.6×014k80126
82Feb 28, '22Kyiv most be held. Ukraine is winning. Not losing is winning. The one objective of the Russian Army is to move as quickly as possible to encircle (isolate) and penetrate #Kyiv More1.5×09.8k1.7k442
85Aug 25, '22What does Russia have to show for 6 months of an illegal war in sovereign, democratic, free Ukraine? Just a list of strategic failures. A review/🧵1.4×09k1.7k356
87Jul 28, '22Russia is a threat to global security. It is a state that allows its uniformed soldiers to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, kidnapping, rape, torture w/no stat1.3×08.6k1.8k43
92Oct 31, '22For god sake will the U.S. send Ukraine ATACMs already?! How many massive Russian terror attacks on Ukrainian civilians will it take to send them what they need to defend themselve1.2×08k1.4k21
93Oct 26, '22Putin’s Stalingrad moment is coming!1.1×09.4k56061
94Dec 3, '22"Every day Putin continues this war, Russia becomes weaker, and it will take years - decades - to repair. Putin has not had a single victory. He will go down in history as one of t1.1×07.6k1.2k40
95Sep 27, '22God damn it that is powerful. This is what I felt when I visited Ukraine to study the battle of Kyiv. A country united, a people fighting for each other, their families, their free1.1×07k1.3k349
96Oct 10, '22So Russia can launch > 80 missiles & Iranian drones at Kyiv playgrounds, apartment bldgs, civilians freely & the U.S. won’t publicly give Ukraine rockets (ATACMS) to hel1.0×07k1.2k23
97Apr 26, '22I hope everyone realizes the historic moment of the meeting today in Germany. 40 countries rallied against one. The world is against Putin and Russia. Against the illegal invasion 1.0×07.5k1k33
99Mar 13, '22A picture of Ukrainians studying resistance tactics, including my material!! I am both humbled and extremely proud. #urbanwarfare @ZelenskyyUa @KyivIndependent @KyivPost @CNN @AnaC1.0×07.7k723111
100May 18, '22I'm in awe. As a former soldier, as a student of war. Clearly there was a conversation in #Azovstal #Mariupol Who would go (sick, wounded)? Who wants to stay? This is a story that'1.0×06.9k994109
101Jul 20, '22My grandfather fought in World War II. I personally think he would be embarrassed by what we have allowed Putin to do in Ukraine. Never again was supposed to mean something.0.9×06.8k89411

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