Jack Keane ...

 ... has no concept of a modern war. He is old and he has no idea what modern warfare is because his experiences as a general officer are limited to a FUBAR of "surge" and witnessing the US bombing with impunity of "enemies" the size of New York city at best. His Vietnam experiences as a tactical level officer with ROTC commission are irrelevant, but he surely knows how to talk tough. 

Retired Gen. Jack Keane forecasted Thursday that Iran’s military would ramp up its campaign against the U.S. approaching the November elections — a move he said would be a miscalculation. “I think as we get closer to the midterms, it’s likely they will,” he told Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney. “And the reason for that is because they believe in their head now that they have something of an upper hand here, Stuart, because we went through the ceasefire over oil and gas prices and the impact of the midterms and as we get closer to the midterms, they think the less likelihood that President Trump react very consequentially in terms of military operations,” he continued. Keane, who has advised Trump on foreign policy, warned Iran against that strategy. The retired general said the Iranian military has misjudged the president “time and time again.”

Correct, Iranian military, as well as Russian one, misjudged "the president" and a coterie of his sycophants, both military and political, for competent people. Keane is a classic example of a delusional US general who knows only how to navigate D.C. political swamp. How to fight war? Nope. Here is a hint from WiKi.

Keane attended Bishop Dubois High School and Fordham University, where he participated in the Pershing Rifles. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1966 after studying at the university's Gabelli School of Business, and received his commission as an Infantry officer via the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. He then attended Western Kentucky University and graduated with an Master of Arts degree in philosophy. He later graduated from the US Army Command and General Staff College and the US Army War College. 

I continue to state my case non-stop. By the time the US Army figured it out, Russians have been doing this for more than half-a-century. 

Since the 1980s, America’s world ranking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has declined, placing our once unquestioned supremacy in technological innovation and application on par with or behind those of our economic and military adversaries. A recent warning from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Acquisition and Sustainment Industrial Policy declared the paucity of STEM-educated Americans may lead to a “permanent national security deficit.” The lack of STEM education extends to Army officers. In 2018, the Army Strategy assessed the strategic environment to include partners, allies, and adversaries leveraging “advanced capabilities” such as cyber, counter space, electronic warfare, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). This assessment has proven true in the Russia-Ukraine War, an artillery-heavy war interwoven with the burgeoning development and implementation of new and evolving technologies that demand innovative thinking, alliances, and strategy informed by STEM+Management (STEM+M).  

I will repeat again--if you don't have Ph.D. in military science and graduate degree in STEM--shut up and go teach history in high school. And then they wonder why the US loses wars. How about because US doesn't know how to fight them and the US officer corps reflects it through clowns like Jack Keane, who still lives in WW II, not to mention smearing himself with working for genocidal Kagans' clan. 

I Wish, I Really Do ...

... that Roger and David with Nick could do the same--I know it is impossible. But Deep Purple did. 

John Lord was smiling down from heaven. The only young kid there is Pacey--he is merely 78 years old)) Seeing Ian and Ritchie hugging and Ian's "I see you in the bar"--gratifying beyond description. Never thought I would see Deep Purple's legendary lineup in 2026. Paicey? I am tired listening to praises of Bonham--Paicey is 78 years young and his drumming ... boy!

She Is The First ...

 ... serial. A flag-ship for Aeroflot where she is going.  

Some people may not even grasp the scale of accomplishment, but it is massive--from engines, to electronics, to avionics, to materials, all of it is domestic, all Russian-made. 18 new ships are coming. 

Meanwhile ...

Yep. "Russian cannot fly formation"(c)

Yes, Putin Will ...

 ... "follow through", you bunch of media cretins and whores. 

Nima and Me ...

 ... live at noon PDT.

Total Eclipse ...

 ... of the sun today was seen not only in Europe and Asia. That's not true, Americans have been able to observe it also. 

Very impressive) 

Not Again!

Please. This constant reference to the Gulf War 1.0 is nauseating. It is Al Bandy's four touchdowns in the game for his Polk High school. 

It is not just strategy, however important it is, it is a combination of many factors, including foundational ones, the cultural DNA of the US confabulated military history turned into mythology based primarily on a very cautious choice of weak enemies. Here is a reminder from Atkinson about US major hero, who was nothing more than an average army commander. 

The creeping arrogance, the hubris, which would cost the American Army so dearly in Vietnam. Summing up the achievements of his troops in crushing the German counterattack of December 1944, Patton with pardonable pride claims to have “moved farther and faster and engaged more divisions in less time than any other army in the history of the United States—possibly in the history of the world... No country can stand against such an Army.” These memoirs are valuable not least in showing, however unwittingly, that a disastrous presumption of invincibility took root in the ranks of officers who led the American military after World War II. 

Nothing changed since then, period. In fact, things got worse, much worse. Especially in educational level of the US officer corps and very low level of operational planning and execution. The problem is manifold and it is vertical in nature--from lowest tactical level way up to the political top and, in the end, technological obsolescence of the US military, especially when compared to Russia. But Mearsheimer knows very little about it.