Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast
Bill Buppert
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An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach.
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Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute
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Recent Episodes
S1E84 Ep 084 "Blood in the Water: The US Navy is Sinking"
The US Navy is lost at sea and in the thrall of exquisite platform that be the maritime tombs of tens of thousands of sailors in the coming wars of the 21st century.The acquisition system is broken…
S1E83 Ep 083 "Memorial Day Remembrance 2026: Oceans of Blood, Wars of Choice""
I discuss the darker side of celebrating war and the moral injury of wars of choice. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and an existential wake.This day is about the ashes of victory and blood…
S1E82 Ep 082 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time"
It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:.What should the USAF do now?Is fraud a form of irregular warfare?What should the DoW do with…
S1E81 Ep 081 "Strategic Empathy: Grokking the Pendulum of Indecision"
I examine the strategic deficit disorder that absolutely dominates the US and western military establishmentsI speak to the tools and critical thinking modalities that could spark and encourage…
S1E80 Ep 080 "The Cargo Cult of Martial Belief, Wishcasting and Bloodshed"
Episode 100!Well, when I combine the 20 episodes of WarNotes with the CG podcasts but a chance to pop the bubbly anyway.Today we discuss the critical lack of critical thinking that has led the US…
S1E79 Ep 079 "Iran, Salvo Competition and the Inevitable Stalemate"
I'll discuss Iran and the grunt math of salvo competition.Buppert’s Law of Military Topography:“Mountainous terrain held by riflemen who know what they are about cannot be militarily defeated.”For…
S1E78 Ep 078 "Iran and I Lost: The American Empire Tilts Again"
With Western conflict in Iran escalating and in train, I discuss the vagaries and verities of the nuclear gambit in Iran in the Middle East and what this will mean to the future of warfare for the…
S1E77 Ep 077 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament 26.1"
It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:.What are your thoughts on the Maduro and VZ kerfuffle?How do you fix the defense acquisition…
S1E76 Ep 076 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Five (Conclusions)"
I offer my scorched earth solutions to fighting Antifa and communism in the US..America is in a Civil War with a major political party and its blacked-shirted paramilitary arm going from cold to hot…
S1E75 Ep 075 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Four"
I further examine the educational feeder mechanism for communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this third episode,…
S1E74 Ep 074 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Three"
I examine the feeder mechanism for communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this third episode, we examine the…
S1E73 Ep 073 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Two"
I examine the domestic communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this second episode, we examine the history that…
S1E72 Ep 072 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part One"
I examine the domestic communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-governments;. In this first episode, we shall examine origins,…
S1E71 Ep 071 "The Devil's Thermostat: Turning Up the Heat on American Civil War"
This episode examines civil war manifesting itself in the US and the world over the next few years and makes a forecast on how close we are on the doomsday clock of civil war on American soil.The…
S1E70 Ep 070 "Bolivar's Revenge: The Venezuelan Tar Pit and American Ambition"
We examine the emerging Venezuelan kerfuffle.There are many currents and undercurrents in the latest incipient war debacle in America history. This will be a disaster for America if it clacks off…
S1E69 Ep 069 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament 25.1"
It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:.What are your personal weapons of choice: rifle or pistol?How do you fix the defense…
S1E68 Ep 068 "The Military Drone Revolution: Make All Flesh Forfeit"
Despite what you are told by the mainstream news sources in the media, the drone war is here to stay and it will be the most significant war modality for the next generation. It has literally exposed…
S1E67 Ep 067 "The Mountains of Madness: Military Defeat and Terrain Part II"
This will be the first CG episode to get the complete audio upgrade and revision to achieve the cleanest sound ever for the podcast series. The WarNotes episode catalog has been completely re-fabbed…
S1E66 Ep 066 "Civil War on the Horizon: The Empire Strikes Back"
This CG episode got the complete audio upgrade and revision to achieve the cleanest sound ever for the podcast series effective 22 June 2025 using the new technology at Chris Williams' Podsworth.This…
S1E65 Ep 065 "Color Revolutions: Weaponizing Subterfuge"
This CG episode got the complete audio upgrade and revision to achieve the cleanest sound ever for the podcast series effective 22 June 2025 using the new technology at Chris Williams' Podsworth.We…
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