Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Issues with comments section...

Disqus comments is having problems (as usual). I know many here are into them but I am SO tempted to go back to just using Google comments. I'll wait and see how long this lasts but prepping you just in case the move is necessary.
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The modern bipartisan crusade to "make the world safe for democracy" has been a completely failed experiment.

Agree or Disagree? Explain your answer!
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A-4 Skyhawk carrying a Mk-7 "Thor" A-bomb

I bet a modern version of this airplane just a bit larger would be so useful to forces today that it would make heads spin. Hell the last "humpback" model would probably be useful.
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An explanation of why Snake Island turned into a flashpoint...

Well its an explanation. Still don't get it. Coastal Defense Units (Missile Marines) are setup to control sea lanes and this type thing is tailor made for them. Missiles from shore can reach out and touch any ship that tries to navigate these waters. So why fight over one miserable rock? One frigate stationed far enough out should be able to cover this without putting men/equipment in harms way by occupying the island.
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Open Comment Post. 28 June 22



 

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Monday, June 27, 2022

The debate over Force Design 2030 IS NOT OVER! See what Generals Zinni & Sheehan had to say about the plan...

Thanks to CoffeeJoeJava for the link!


Go to Defense News (here) and fast forward to 12:40 to see the interview.

I consider it a must see vid.

Long short?  Subservience to the Navy instead of meeting combatant commanders needs, one foe/one place, irrelevance in the rest of the world, internal friction because the plan was done in secret, a maritime interdiction force that conducts recon/counter recon with a kinetic solution (pathetically small solution).

Certain parts of this thing are applicable.  

Many parts of it are just plain stupid.

Case the colors, rebrand it as something new but don't call this monstrosity the Marine Corps.

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NATO to increase the number of rapid reaction forces on high readiness from 40,000 to 300,000

So NATO is about to put more troops on high readiness than the entire USMC, the 18th Airborne Corps, a few wings of USAF Expeditionary Wings and the entire US Navy Atlantic Fleet on rapid reaction (high readiness)?

I'm calling BULLSHIT!!!!!
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Crane drops tank with poisonous gas in Jordan

They are so lucky more didn't die.
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Late Open Comments Post. 27 June 22

 


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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Learn about the Aidar Battalion and its actions in 2014. That will give you a primer on this conflict, the real reasons behind it...

I still contend that the US doesn't have a dog in this fight.

I also contend that the simplistic idea that this is a fight between good and evil is childish.

You know about Azov (and you've made your excuses for them) but what about the Aidar Battalion?  A tidbit from Wikipedia.
In July 2014, Russia began a criminal investigation of Aidar's commander, Serhiy Melnychuk, for "organizing the killing of civilians".[26] Its volunteer pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, was captured by pro-Russian separatists near Luhansk, transported to Russia and charged with killing two Russian journalists.[27][28]

On 8 September 2014 Amnesty International claimed that the battalion had committed war crimes, including abductions, unlawful detention, ill-treatment, theft, extortion, and possible executions.[18]

On 24 December 2014, Amnesty International reported that the unit was blocking humanitarian aid from Ukraine reaching the population of the separatist-controlled areas. Over half the population in these areas depended on food aid. According to Amnesty International, the Aidar, Donbas and Dnipro-1 battalions said they are blocking the aid because they "believe food and clothing are ending up in the wrong hands and may be sold instead of being given as humanitarian aid".[29] Denis Krivosheev, acting Director of Europe and Central Asia for Amnesty International, stated that starving civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.[30]

In April 2015, the Ukrainian government-appointed Governor of Luhansk Hennadiy Moskal stated that Aidar battalion was "terrorizing the region" and asked Ukrainian Defense Ministry to rein in its members after a series of thefts, including ambulances and the takeover of a bread factory.[31]

Is there a right and wrong here?  No.  In my opinion you have different perspectives that have led to violent confrontation.

Are the Ukrainians right?  Are the Russians?  At this point it doesn't matter.

This fight will end up killing far more people outside the borders of Europe than will die on its battlefield.

A cessation of hostilities is necessary, not continued warmongering.  The only way to win this game is to stop playing it. 


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