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The SOTU

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Joe gave a speech last night and I thought he got through it pretty well, cognitively speaking. The speech writer is no Shakespeare, but even there we need to give some leeway since these things tend to be hierarchical checklists … Continue reading →

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The Ukrainian Navy

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

Insufficiencies of the Ukrainian ground forces have been easy to spot, although given their disadvantages, they’ve been doing work slowing the Russians down and making them pay a toll for territory gained. An aspect significant to our military in the … Continue reading →

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German Generals?

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Carlos Arenas

Really? We get to hear what German generals are saying in secret? That’s interesting as all hack, if true. (see what I did there?) Doesn’t sound good for the Ukes, but hardly anything does these days. Beyond that is a … Continue reading →

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Regarding the War for America Map

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

I listened to mapper/commenter Willy OAM this morning for the first time. Interesting and useful map-based discussion of the Ukraine war. He gave considerable credit to a mapper called suriyak-maps. Dima at the Military Summary Channel also sites Suriyak often. … Continue reading →

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Moldova?

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

The Ukrainians seem to have shifted into a prevent defense. I don’t know about the Ukrainian or Russian situations enough to deserve to write a prediction, but I’ll do it anyway. I’m thinking that if the Russians take an average … Continue reading →

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Brainstorm America War Map Layers

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

The map will be built to tell where the war is. Below are some undeveloped ideas for layers. Any ideas? Deportation events Deportation facilities; Deportation sanctuary zones (definition?); Attacks on Christian Churches; Attacks on food processing and distribution points; Attacks … Continue reading →

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Aggregate Risk Distances in Ukraine

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

This is my first attempt to jam what I see going on along the Ukrainian-Russian front (at what some call the operational level) into my own strategy theorizin’. Section 141 in On Multiform War is titled ‘Aggregate Tactics’ and Section … Continue reading →

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and Beyond (The War for our Fulminate after Hamas and Ukraine)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

Important that we keep track of what is going on with both the Hamas and the Ukraine wars. The war at home is getting started, however. It’ll be much different than either of those other two, but that doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

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Comment on Carlos’ Post

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Ok, I’m not good at editing comments yet, so I’m posting this what’s supposed to be a comment as a post. If that bothers you, take an aspirin. I agree with you, Carlos. Allison’s could be the worst take I’ve … Continue reading →

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Graham Allison has Thoughts about Ukraine

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Carlos Arenas

A good friend sent me an article about the Ukraine written by Graham Allison that the latter recently published in ‘National Interest.”  Here is the link What Americans Owe Ukraine | The National Interest My friend evidently liked the article. … Continue reading →

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