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BBC Doesn’t Understand Irony By Walrus.

Posted on April 24, 2022 by walrus

The BBC has posted a piece extolling a new film about the wartime (WWII) Operation Mincemeat, which was intended to mislead the Germans as to the Allies intentions of invading Sicily by means of purveying a phony set of war … Continue reading →

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Today is Friday by Ernest Hemingway

Posted on April 15, 2022 by walrus

Three Roman soldiers are in a drinking-place at eleven o’clock at night. There are barrels around the wall. Behind the wooden counter is a Hebrew wine-seller. The three Roman soldiers are a little cock-eyed. 1st Roman Soldier—You tried the red? … Continue reading →

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Russian President Underestimated Ukrainian Defence and Global Response to War.

Posted on March 30, 2022 by walrus

So says the Chief of Britains GCHQ in public in Australia today. “The head of Britain’s spy agency says Vladimir Putin has “massively misjudged” the difficulty of invading Ukraine, and Russian soldiers are sabotaging their own military equipment as morale … Continue reading →

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Seventh Russian General Killed.

Posted on March 26, 2022 by walrus

Ukraine’s defence ministry says Russian Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev has been killed by Ukrainian forces near the southern city of Kherson, the seventh Russian general to die since the invasion began. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-27/ukraine-says-russian-general-yakov-rezantsev-killed-in-ukraine/100942456 Comment: It appears that Ukraine is successfully targeting … Continue reading →

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First Image From James Webb Telescope

Posted on March 17, 2022 by walrus

by Walrus To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, we may be sprawled in the gutter of war but some of us are looking up at the stars… The James Webb space telescope has transmitted its first image of a star as part … Continue reading →

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Is Russia Not Only Slamming The Door But Nailing It Shut? By Walrus.

Posted on March 4, 2022 by walrus

In 2015 one Ivan Sukhov wrote in The Moscow Times that Russia was slamming shut door after door to the West. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/03/12/russia-is-slamming-door-after-door-on-the-west-a44703 I would like to suggest that President Putins current actions make perfect sense if he is now nailing … Continue reading →

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Russia Ukraine 2

Posted on March 4, 2022 by walrus

(PATRICK ARMSTRONG IS TRAVELING AND CANNOT PHYSICALLY POST THE FOLLOWING. I AM DOING SO ON HIS BEHALF. THIS IS HIS EXCELLENT ANALYSIS, NOT MINE.) TACTICS, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS So far the Russian military operation in Ukraine has been a reconnaissance … Continue reading →

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Russia Neutralises Ukraine Air Defence System By Walrus

Posted on February 24, 2022 by walrus

RT is reporting that Russia has just neutralised Ukraines air defence system by a series of precision attacks on air assets – radars, airports, aircraft, etc. The airspace is closed to civil aircraft as confirmed by the Flightradar24 website. Putin … Continue reading →

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August 1914 ? By Walrus.

Posted on February 21, 2022 by walrus

It is instructive to re-read the opening chapters of Barbara Tuchman’s “The Guns of August” if we are not to repeat the same failures of imagination that destroyed the Edwardian world. It is worth focusing on the motivations of the … Continue reading →

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Satellite Images of Russia – A Puzzlement by Walrus

Posted on January 26, 2022 by walrus

The Australian ABC has today posted an article syndicated from AP entitled “Here’s what sanctions the US could impose on Russia if it invades Ukraine” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-26/possible-us-sanctions-if-russia-invades-ukraine/100782862 This suggests, charmingly, that among other targets for sanctions, President Putins alleged partner might … Continue reading →

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