Yeah I agree but there is a lot more urgency to this than you are suggesting. What recently happened in Canada especially should chill anyone from all political persuasions to the bone.

Its been about 20 years since I was last in the British Army.

All I do is read combat & military books, I follow active servicemen on Social media, and for Ukraine follow on instagram

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When I post its a mixture of my own experience/knowledge coupled with the opinion of those who are there, I then throw in my own opinion - for what its worth, I used to think this would stop east of the Dnieper however with Belarus televising this 'blunder' [Link] I've changed my mind, this will escalate far beyond the Ukrainian border.

The mountains are calling & I must go.

Its nigh on impossible to defend a 40 mile long convoy.
If its paused its asking for trouble, if its out of fuel its asking for trouble.

Logistics is the bane of any military, we ran out of fuel in Gulf War 1, what were seeing from the Russians is supply problems literal miles into Ukrainian territory, its shambolic and in a conventional war between NATO & Russia we'd honestly slaughter the Russians, think highway of death levels of Slaughter, all Putin has is the threat of Nukes.

Its not to say he doesnt have modern infantry units or equipment at his disposal however to make up the numbers its filled with out of date cold war equipment & cold war tactics.

Edited by Ouzo Dan (02 Mar 2022 10.46pm)

The mountains are calling & I must go.

The problem there is that any push to move power into the hands of the people (whatever that might mean to people) requires significant portion of the population to get on board. I can't help but think that there's enough distractions and dynamics in place to stop that ever happening, and that the only time it ever would is it things turn so much to sh!t that there is nothing to lose. War, total economic collapse etc. Massive negatives (that I certainly don't ever want to happen!) that something new would inevitably emerge from.

I've often thought that living in a poor country that corporations and other governments don't generally give a damn about wouldn't be a bad call, on account that its less liable to get caught up in the push and pull of global affairs. A more local life, removed from this seemingly univeral need to be obsessed with things that are more often than not detached from our own lives.

Anyway, that's enough of me going on haha.

Yes, there is no doubt that we live in worrying times and this could move in directions that just make matters even worse. Last month I didn't anticipate reading into how viable is it to shoot down nukes. Can't see it happening, and I hope for a peaceful resolution still one way or another rather than a new cold war... but well.. never a dull moment!

It appears Kherson is the first major city to fall into Russian control.

Some thoughts from me..

Its all well and good throwing equipment/guns etc at the Ukrainian military however Ukraine are taking casualties too & at some point are going to have a severe shortage of professional soldiers to fight, we could potentially be looking at another Afghan situation where the Russians get there hands on a mother load of bling western tech & cash.

Poland & Slovakia were all set to throw a load of Migs at Ukraine however at the 11th hour the plug was pulled, the cynic in me says this was done because they will need them for themselves.

Odesa in Russian sights now.

Edited by Ouzo Dan (02 Mar 2022 10.58pm)

The mountains are calling & I must go.