At night I read hear or see the dispatches. An old man./Ham radio people are intercepting the missives. | They tell a story of a 'conventional war'. Its brutal. Shells flying. Blood spilling. | In the West, People pop off, safe on their twitter account. | News Talk is chatter. Theres been too much of it by media filling up space. Its a job. | Talk is chatter. "The Russians are going to plan b." | Of course. The first thing that goes in war (well after truth) is plan a | then b c d and so on. | The pentagon expected a russian roll over and was preparing guerilla war armaments with pamphlets etc. it's said | |What this is is conventional war tho asymmetrical which means confusing - they dont line up for the hike. yet they go out everyday.||things will go wrong with ukranian supply lines and how we adapt how they adapt will be crucial||if you are following along in your hymnal||How well we adapt has a lot to do with supply chains.||The constant drumbeat of the last 3 years shows disruption of a multiyear globalization of supply chains that are now in a new phase.||You can imagine running out of for example of material ||Like selium for a thyristor in a rocket launcher (made up example)||For want of a nail a horse was lost for want of horse a battle was lost and so on. This stuff goes back to Shakespeare and Alexander||There may be only 10,000 sidewinder missiles in US arsenal, and replacing them means production lines like JI Case set up in WW11.||The Ukrainians have been fighting this war for several years and have developed methods. and they have intangible desire.||Russian capability for cruelty astounds||Russian tv looks for bigger and bigger lies. They show a city utterly destroyed by artillery… and say the Ukrainians are blowing things up as they flee. the bigger the lie the greater their joy.Russian tv looks for bigger and bigger lies. They show a city utterly destroyed by artillery… and say the Ukrainians are blowing things up as they flee. the bigger the lie the greater their joy.Russian tv looks for bigger and bigger lies. They show a city utterly destroyed by artillery… and say the Ukrainians are blowing things up as they flee. the bigger the lie the greater their joy.Takes us back to the scripts of OrwellRussian tv looks for bigger and bigger lies. They show a city utterly destroyed by artillery… and say the Ukrainians are blowing things up as they flee. the bigger the lie the greater their joy.Russian tv looks for bigger and bigger lies. They show a city utterly destroyed by artillery… and say the Ukrainians are blowing things up as they flee. the bigger the lie the greater their joy.Its less up to Biden now than it is to some quartermaster in the us army’s ability to feed the war machine.||I am so tired of hearing about sanctions, or plans.||And nothing happens in a linear line. How we adapt is the job today. It's hard to watch.||The Ukrainian heart is strong. the news is heart rending. - Jack Vaughan (this originally was done as note to friends - result resounding thud of nada)
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