The sequencing is weird and I’ve been reading that Europe has already rejected this bizarre “deal”…so 🤷‍♂️

That’s where I’m at.

Just burn some popcorn while you’re at it. 🤨

The complete lack of respect from Trump and his minions is almost overwhelming. They had to have known that tnis scheme was totally unacceptable, yet they’re pushing it anyway.

It speaks volumes to their lack of integrity and total corruption.

Posts a crappy gif and limits replies while totally distorting what you said. There’s some good faith for ya.

Submarine go underwater.

I saw the CAF did.

I’d recommend Downfall, the German film about Hitler’s last days and the fall of Berlin. There are plenty of primary and secondary sources available and the actual events have been the source of much debate. It’s also an exceptional movie.

I’m a supporter of precision fires & I think we should lean very heavily into that to avoid mass ammo use.

I’m also a fan of extensive preparation of the battlefield, including decisive use of SEAD to enable fast air & deep strikes against support targets. The further away from the FLOT the better.

This was very, very good and actually confirmed some of my suspicions. I haven’t followed the tactical battle in Ukraine for a while, so this was very helpful.

I was a member of RUSI years ago, but let it lapse. This makes me think I should restart it.

I tire of the drone discussion. I am a tanker & was trained to use manoeuvre, speed, shock action, & mutual support on operations.
We see very little of this in Ukraine, which is frustrating for supporters like me. Drones are effective there because of the unique nature of the static battlefield.

Exactly. For instance, commenters were pointing out Ukraine’s massive use of artillery ammo as a lesson, not realizing that Soviet doctrine uses fires as a manoeuvre arm.

Your other point assumes a huge investment in territorial defence & a complete change of thinking by the Cdn public & military.

Meh. The troops to task for a potential U.S. invasion was such that occupying and controlling Canada would have taken the bulk of the US Army.

Moreover, America’s COIN track record is absolutely abysmal.

Anyway, it’s a moot discussion, as I said in a piece a few months ago.

I think the issue is at the post-grad level. I got my MA - Strategic Studies - while I was still serving, but have found absolutely nothing in the way of further education opportunities beyond that now that I’m retired.

So, you’d eliminate the UOR process and get troops killed so we can run through years of “competition”?

I mean, that‘s what you‘re saying.

What about situation where there is only one product? Buy Chinese? Russian?

I am very cautious in accepting lessons from the Ukraine War and applying them too broadly.

Why? Because both sides have allowed their reliance on old Soviet doctrine to eliminate manoeuvre from the battlefield and have allowed things to mire in attritional warfare.

I’ll disagree there: we have plenty of experts in conducting an insurgency. Thousands, actually.