Monthly Archives: September 2022

“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition” – TTG

ON BOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM KAZAKHSTAN — Pope Francis on Sept. 15 backed Ukraine’s right to defend itself from Russia’s violent, seven-month-long invasion, and, for the first time, appeared to lend his support to other countries that are supplying … Continue reading

Posted in Religion, TTG, Ukraine Crisis | 13 Comments

“Report: Russian Army Facing ‘Increasingly Severe’ Manpower Shortages”

“Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked Russian private military company, has been conducting a campaign to recruit Russian convicts for service in Ukraine. Prisoners have been offered commutation of their sentences, “as well as cash incentives.” There’s a BBC-verified video of Wagner owner … Continue reading

Posted in Russia, The Military Art, Ukraine Crisis | 16 Comments

Don’t forget Nantucket …

Hey! There are all kinds of other places that should not be passed over in selecting bus and plane destinations for illegals: Cape Cod Wilmington, Delaware Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Beach communities in California Portland, Oregon Seattle, Washington Minneapolis, Minnesota Sata … Continue reading

Posted in Current Affairs | 24 Comments

EEI needed for judgments about the Ukraine campaign

Essential Elements of Information (EEI) or whatever they call it now are some of the bases for sound analyses. Others are a lifetime of learning background information. To judge the current situation, I would need to know: Just how big … Continue reading

Posted in Russia, The Military Art, Ukraine Crisis | 59 Comments

“Tribal spies in Syria help U.S. win drone war against Islamic State” – TTG

While Islamic State is a shadow of the group that ruled over a third of Syria and Iraq in a Caliphate declared in 2014, hundreds of fighters are still camped in desolate areas where neither the US-led coalition nor the … Continue reading

Posted in Intelligence, Syria, The Military Art, TTG | 20 Comments

Money

I had to buy a new computer. The old one was dropped. Put some money in the pot if you wish. Strictly a gift to the blog. It buys you nothing. I get offers every day to sell out. The … Continue reading

Posted in Administration | 13 Comments

The Presidential Records Act and classified information are two added issues in the FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida home

By Robert Willmann The civil lawsuit continues in a federal court about how items seized from Donald Trump’s Florida home by the FBI will be handled and used, and whether the order appointing a special master will remain in place. … Continue reading

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Ap Bu Nho – A Remembrance.

  Garryowen in Glory, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Ap Bu Nho  By a quirk of fate, “D” 2/7 Cavalry, was given the chance to demonstrate the plausibility of Spinoza’s despair several weeks later.  A Montagnard agent reported that the 141st … Continue reading

Posted in History, The Military Art | 86 Comments

1st Guards Tank Army “will take years to rebuild after being pulverized in Ukraine.”

“An elite Russian tank unit formed to defend Moscow and lead any war with Nato has been “severely degraded” by the war in Ukraine, according to British intelligence.  Moscow’s 1st Guards Tank Army – believed to be made up of … Continue reading

Posted in Russia, Ukraine Crisis | 31 Comments

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-34

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