Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Monday, March 21, 2022
Another thought about the Ukraine/Russia war...
Have you guys noticed something. I'm not talking about the actual fight between infantry, the armor, not even the artillery duels.
Have you noticed the Ukrainian missile strikes?
They're not hit or miss. They're not "directed" by UAV, scouted by Recon or gathered from knowledge of the area.
Some of the strikes have been damn near surgical.
Those strikes have been of the quality that indicates advanced ISR capabilities that as far as I know Ukraine doesn't possess.
Additionally the strikes indicate that they've been planned to inflict maximum pain.
I have nothing else to base it on but I'm saying aloud that some of these strikes seem to be directed not by Ukrainian forces but by some skilled allied force (don't know from what country).
I'm mostly looking at the fighting around Mariupol. They knocked out a Russian Helicopter Base? Ok. I get that. But they also knocked out HQ units (if I recall correctly 4 of them)?
That smells of the type of professionalism that I haven't seen from the Ukrainians.
I know most will disagree but I believe that while we're not engaging kinetically, there are unseen hands guiding the strikes and perhaps even planning the defense.
All we've seen is Zelensky. No military commander of note on the Ukrainian side.
Someone is in charge of the fight and it ain't the comedian turned President. He's just the figure head.
UPDATE! I wonder if Ukrainian military leadership is even INSIDE Ukraine! With all the strikes we've seen the Russians should have picked off at least ONE high ranking officer by now. They haven't (or it hasn't been broadcast by either side). That tells me they're in Poland, Brussels, Berlin...hell even at the Pentagon!
Battery B, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, demonstrates the capabilities of the M142 High Mobility Missile Artillery System during a live-fire exercise during Salaknib 2022 on Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Turlac, Philippines
Yeah boys...its the 25th ID again. They're trying to take over the Pacific! Good thing its big!
In partnership with the Philippine Army, fire control specialists with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, demonstrates the capabilities of the M142 High Mobility Missile Artillery System during a live-fire exercise during Salaknib 2022 on Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Turlac, Philippines, March 18, 2022. Salaknib is an annual Philippine Army-led, U.S. Army Pacific sponsored bilateral exercise designed to enhance U.S. and Philippine Army capacity and interoperability across the spectrum of military operations, while also strengthening the ties between the two longstanding partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Mackintosh, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)
Wow.
The USMC was once capable of fighting across the spectrum of military operations.
Guess that's the Army's baby now.
Did you know that for all intents and purposes the US/NATO is at war with Russia?
I was chewing on a few things about the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia and arrived at an obvious but stunning conclusion.
The US/NATO is at this very moment committing acts of war against Russia.
We are at war with Russia.
Drink it in.
It's passive, pussified, weak-ass warfare but its warfare none-the-less.
What put me on this trail is the reports that Biden is going to Europe in a bid to "turn up the economic heat" on Russia. My first thought was geez...what more can we do?
But then I decided to look a few things up. The definition of a Blockaide via Wikipedia.
A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are legal barriers to trade rather than physical barriers. It is also distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually directed at an entire country or region, rather than a fortress or city and the objective may not always be to conquer the area.
I contend that with globalization the difference between a blockaide and the way the West is using it from sanctions is simply word play that will thrill only lawyers.
Russia has been cut off from the world's economic system.
But let's dig deeper. The definition of economic warfare via Wikipedia.
Policies and measures in economic warfare may include blockade, blacklisting, preclusive purchasing, rewards and the capturing or the control of enemy assets or supply lines.[3] Other policies, such tariff discrimination, sanctions, the suspension of aid, the freezing of capital assets, the prohibition of investment and other capital flows, and expropriation,[4] even without armed military war, may be referred to[by whom?] as economic warfare.
To put it simply?
The seeds of WW3 has been planted.
Without a doubt if another nation or group of nations attempted to do to us what we did to Russia we'd be mobilizing for full scale combat on a scale that has never been seen in the history of mankind.
The above is why I'm so certain that China will develop an alternative to the current economic system. It's also why I'm positive that the Europeans will be forced to participate in it as will the Middle East, Africa, S. America, Asia and the rest of the world.
Emotionalism over this conflict will lead to the restructuring of the global economic system. Leadership pushed too hard and played too loose with the global economic rules (you don't think that every rich guy is taking steps to get their money in a place where govts can't touch it - which will you trust more, a China seeking to become the new world currency or the US that has shown it'll take your shit without blinking twice?)
People in leadership aren't talking about it, but it explains why they have been so leery of China aiding Russia.
Before this decade is over we'll see one of two things. Further decline on the part of the US or combat with China.
The only other option is to see them rise and accept a diminishing role on the world stage.
The American empire is over.
The US Army's 25th ID launches its first JUNGLE Mobile Training Team in the Philippines.
Pretty freaking cool. The more the Marine Corps moves toward being sailors the more room for the Army to fill the void. I wonder what they'll do for a Pacific Rapid Deployment Force?
German mercenary in Ukraine: "No one gets out alive"
Forgot the reader that gave me this link. My bad...
via plus.24 (translation needed..I used Google translate)
Peter went to Ukraine because he believed it would pay off to help in this fight. However, the reality is different, as the former German career soldier describes. Instead of experienced soldiers, many young, inexperienced foreign men would fight against Russia.
"I went there because I really thought (...) that this was a fight worth fighting," says Peter in the "Γ1-Morgenjournal" . Peter is in his mid-50s and a retired soldier. He traveled from Germany to Ukraine because he believed it was worth helping. "But not to be burned as cannon fodder, and that's exactly what's happening there at the moment with German citizens, actually with people from all over the world," he says.
For my American brothers.
If you got that itch that needs to be scratched then head down to your local law enforcement dept.
You're a little knicked up by your past? Be honest and up front and you will pass the lie detector.
Guarantee you'll get more action on the streets of America with a better chance of survival than you'll get in Ukraine.
Fuck man. If I can do it so can you. The way things are going this is the fight for national survival...at home, not across the water.
As far as this story?
You would have to be either a Nazi or batshit crazy to head to that fight. Others have pointed it out and I'm still chewing on this type of fight but one thing is clear.
Infantry is getting clobbered.
Artillery is the king of battle and this fight is tapping us on the shoulder with him reminding us all.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
The Poles have a crazy plan.
via The Hill
Co-anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" noted that President Biden will be traveling to Europe later this week to meet with NATO allies and asked Thomas-Greenfield if the U.S. would support sending NATO peacekeepers into Ukraine. Poland has stated that it plans to submit a proposal for a NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.
"The president has been very clear that we will not put American troops on the ground in Ukraine. We don't want to escalate this into a war with the United States," Thomas-Greenfield said.
Poland is gonna propose a peacekeeping force in Ukraine? Are you fucking serious?
Is the crush of refugees that bad for them that they'd rather wander into the mess that is Ukraine?
I wonder what countries in Europe would join them. The Brits? They're always up for a fight. The French? Not sure. Hell, The Aussies would come from the other side of the world to get a peace of this.
Ya know who would be perfect but they're too smart to get suckered in?
China!
The refugee crisis is about to hit America.
I hope everyone is ready for the coming turmoil that is about to hit our shores due to the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
10 million people have become refugees.
Europe won't absorb that many people and you can bet our "allies" will demand we take our fair share.
What does that mean?
I have no idea. If 10 million refugees are flowing out of Ukraine then you can expect at least a million(?) to be sent this way (doesn't count the Ukrainians that have already shown up on the southern border, but you guys don't want to talk about that).
That alone would be a helluva challenge.
But it opens up the door to other stuff.
Remember the Haitians? The conditions they live in could be considered inhumane.
Same with the Venezuelans that are trying to get here. Same with other S. American people. Same with many from Africa and the Middle East.
So how will the nation deal with a refugee crisis from Europe AND all the current crisis happening all over the world on a daily basis?
How will the leadership state that we're declaring an exception for Ukraine while other groups are undergoing either warfare or near warfare conditions.
The only hope is that we can finally get some sort of immigration bill passed. That we get some kind of rules of the road and our southern border patched up.
Won't happen but I can hope.
What we're seeing doesn't make sense. What is the goal of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine?
None of this is tracking with common sense.Speechless https://t.co/RKdB2pOitW
— Mike Yeo ζ¨ε―ι (@TheBaseLeg) March 20, 2022
Crowd blocking the way and you don't go lethal? Ok. ROE prevents that. Then why aren't we seeing flashbangs? Pepper spray? Even riot control police in the area with water cannons?
The Pentagon says that the Russians have stalled out and they're in defensive positions? Ok. Then why aren't we seeing an increase in artillery fires? Long range strikes by aircraft?
On a strategic level, we've seen Zelensky making speeches left and right. A few idiots in the US have called for someone to assassinate Putin. Surely that means a massive time on target barrage of the Ukrainian headquarters/parliament/seat of power is allowed. Why they haven't made a run at Zelensky is puzzling.
Where are their Tier 1 snipers roaming the battlefield making every Ukrainian soldier clench when they hear a limb snap? Why haven't we seen Russian Special Ops making raids left and right?
This whole thing is so off I can't even begin to describe it.
The only thing I'm pretty sure of is that conquest of Ukraine wasn't the goal. I DO BELIEVE they wanted Odessa but that's off the table (apparently) for now.
I can't properly describe how weird this war is. I don't believe our analyst on this. They're caught up in mob think.Russia has been keeping Ukraine's force alert on the Odesa coast by posing a significant amphibious assault threat. This is called amphibious demonstration, not only a type of feint but also a way of torturing. π·πΊ⚡️πΊπ¦
— Tayfun Ozberk (@TayfunOzberk) March 20, 2022
My #sunday story on @navalnewscom https://t.co/b9NyKq8hAA
One thing is certain.
The WORLD can't afford for this thing to go on much longer. 10 million refugees flooding into Europe with a near future of even more coming from MEA soon?
A food crisis that will kill the economic power of the middle class everywhere? Gas prices continuing to explode?
The mob wants total victory and/or protracted war (for Ukraine).
They really don't know what they're asking for. We'll be on the cusp of a great depression unless people start thinking.
I'm going look at some Russian websites to get a solid grasp on the goals of this thing. I recommend our govt minions do the same and even my readers if you have the time.
We're missing something big here.
Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are operating in the Atlantic Ocean + a question on why we continue to have fast movers in the USMC.
Note. The USMC is going forward (along with its Navy big brother/owner...independent service is in the dustbin of history) with the lightning carrier concept.
The Navy already gets a detachment of Marine Air for its big carriers and now will steal the rest of Marine Fast Air for lightning carrier service.
Question. If Marine Air (fast movers) are now totally dedicated to the sea battle and only rotary air is dedicated to supporting Marine Corps Ground then why allocate fast movers to the Corps?
Wouldn't it make more sense to simply transfer fast movers to the Navy and get that burden off the Marine Corps budget (thinking personnel).
Berger seems to believe he can slice the baby, but by doing so he is making an argument to delete the Marine Corps by his very actions.
Force Design 2030 will have unintended consequences. From my chair, fast jets in the Marine Corps should go the way of Tanks. If we're being intellectually consistent/honest.
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