Category Archives: Clausewitz Sucks

If you like Clausewitz, bring it. I don’t.

PoliSci Sucks

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Political Science is a detrimental academic discipline. Many reasons why, so let’s start cataloging the ways. Maybe we can together destroy PoliSci and make every good person who has a PoliSci degree feel ashamed and want desperately to go replace … 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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Sieg Heil

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

OK, today we need to give Volodymyr a new title as he is evidently no longer President, but something else under martial law. I’m going with Obergruppenführer Zelensky. Too much rank? Wrong language?

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Attrition Warfare?

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Nah, not really Willy OAM has a nice discussion page for the Ukraine war. Today, 11 May, I made another comment there. RU Northern Offensive – Perfect Timing, Part Of A Bigger Plan? Deception? – Ukraine War Map Analysis (youtube.com) … Continue reading →

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Ukrainya

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

I decided to make another comment at Willie OAM’s site. Here below is that comment in full: “Willie, at around the 19- or 20-minute mark you talk about how the US won’t pull out of NATO. You had also talked … Continue reading →

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Guerrilla War

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

OK, this post also refers to someone else who knows more. Frustrating how many of those there are.  Willie OAM, on this very April 24, 2024 (15) UA Withdraws As RU Exploits An Opportunity – Can This Be Overcome? – … Continue reading →

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Niger and Strategic Competence

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Sometimes we need to just wait and see. One unfortunate aspect of extant strategy grammar is the presumed, even glorified, carte blanche it gives to governments to hide details from their publics. Secrecy in international dealings kinda makes sense, doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Risk Distance and the Vantasner Danger Meridian

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

We decided to binge-watch the television series “Patriot.” The show introduced, as one of its unifying themes, a thing called the ‘Vantasner Danger Meridian.’  After not finding enough about it on plain old Google, I figured I’d talk it up with ChatPGT-4.  … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Opinion Update

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

My relatively ignorant uninformed take: Darkening prospects for the survival of Ukraine. Slow, grinding, accelerating Russian progress all along the front. The Ukrainians have done amazingly well in slowing the advance. The Ukrainians have mounted a combination of competent coup … Continue reading →

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