Monthly Archives: June 2024

Attrition Warfare

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Willy OAM, who has a popular website discussing the Ukraine war, often say something like, “According to attrition warfare doctrine…” Could anyone out there remind me where such doctrine is written down or who is the supposed attrition warfare guru? … Continue reading →

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Morale and Capacity to Fight

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Even the dullest ends-ways-means strategerist admits the basic wisdom of balancing one’s capacity to fight with whatever he wants to do and how. There is no separate section on capacity to fight in On Multiform War, but maybe in the … Continue reading →

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It is Democratic to Vote Democratic?

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

It seems that just now the question of whether the United States is a democracy has come to the public conversational fore. I think that’s great, as any among you who for whatever sad reason might have read what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Matt Taibbi, Walter Kirn and Fyodor Dostoevsky Walk into a Bar

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Nah, no punchline. In Mother Russia, joke make you. Taibbi and Kirn host a show called ‘America This Week’ on substack. Back on June 9th, the title of their discussion was “The Grand Inquisitor” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It’s a stand-alone … Continue reading →

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WfA 2025 The Culture Part

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

We are already well into suffering the cultural part of the War for America. That in mind, today, 14 June, I want to recommend and second the work of J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ (Ace of Spades HQ … Continue reading →

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The National Scourge of False Witness

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

(Deuteronomy 19: 18-19 King James Version) And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Participation at D-Day Memorial?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Haven’t said anything recently about the stupid Ukraine war. So much moving so fast.  Let’s start with Macron. The Frenchies are now all about allowing Ukraine to fire ‘western’ weapons into Russia? They even want to send more ‘western’ military … Continue reading →

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Darling, War 102

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Our friend Paul Darling, author of Taliban Safari, is creating an educational series of audio podcasts on the warfare. He calls it War 102. Here are the links: War 102 (buzzsprout.com); https://open.spotify.com/show/5HFMjbVY0IDCnyMJAhmUmz He has five episodes in the can and … Continue reading →

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