Ray Is A National Treasure ...

 ... not only for the US but for Russia too. Seated right next to Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin but also the Senate's (Federation Council) Spokeswoman (Chairwoman) Valentina Matvienko, and, of course, Dmitry Medvedev. OK, forgot that--Larry is getting there too)) Love both of them dearly. 

When BS Meter Goes Off The Scale.

But it is a good indicator of a desperation and a serious butt-hurt (a euphemism for being a sore loser) when such war "expert", who had his ass handed to him by inferior forces in Vietnam and then turkey shooting utterly incompetent Saddam's Army in the First Gulf War begins to talk about subject he has no clue about. I am talking about Lieutenant-General Kellog who, contrary to his statement about "everything he learned about war", never learned shit. 

Kellog knows that the scale and scope, and intensity of Russia's operation in 404 is something he never encountered in his life and, hopefully, never will. He is also, obviously, totally out of his depth in terms of Russia's modern C4ISR not to speak of other capabilities which demonstrated total impotence of US (and NATO) battlefield weapon systems such as Javelins, NLAW, Stingers, NB2 Bayraktars,  and number of others, which, let's be very open about it, is an embarrassment for the US military-industrial complex and those who designed and procured them. I will omit here the issue of tactics, let alone operational and strategic level views exercised by such "experts" as Kellog, Keane or Petraeus who wouldn't know what hit them on the modern battlefield with near-peer, forget about peer.

But to refresh Kellog's memory about everything he "learned about war", he should merely revisit this:

THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS is the groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history by Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: to defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives.

And he has to deal with his complexes not by spewing obvious BS, but re-examining his "set of skills", which is primarily PR. The only skill Kellog learned about REAL war is how to lie, which he does with the straight face in this FOX segment thus exposing a profound complex of inferiority spurred by losing to inferior enemies, pretty much non-stop. 

So, he better resign himself to this US war record of the last 70 years and face the truth. While it may be too late for him due to his age, he still has the time (God bless his soul and I sincerely wish him long and healthy years) to update himself on how Russia fights real wars and why she managed to pacify Chechnya, demolish in 72 hours "NATO trained" and equipped Georgian Army, how Russia decisively defeated ISIS and saved Bashar Assad government in Syria and how she now annihilates VSU and Nazi forces in 404. All this just in the last 20 some years. I know, comparisons are not only warranted but they are irresistible and that hurts. I am not going to comment on his utter BS "interpretation" of Putin's speech. Evidently embarrassing themselves and parading themselves as buffoons is a new Modus Operandi of all those military "experts" in US MSM. Professional envy is a powerful drug. 

Contributions and Costs.

This is not my headline, it is the title of the major concluding chapter in classic Glantz and House's Great Patriotic War history work: When Titans Clashed: How The Red Army Stopped Hitler. This book by two honorable US Army officers and scholars is of such power, that it continues (since its first edition in 1995) to serve as a holy water poured in buckets over the devil of Western "revisionism" and rewriting the history of the WW II.  Here is Larry Johnson's very much similar take on Victory Day. 

Russia is still celebrating their victory over Nazi Germany. 9 May is the day the Germans surrendered to the allies with the Russians at the table. Why do you suppose that this is still a hallowed event in Russia while the vast majority of Americans ignore the end of Nazi Germany as something worth commemorating? The answer lies in history. If you ask an educated American who has some grasp of history about the bloodiest battles U.S. troops have fought, the top three are the Battle of Gettysburg (i.e., the American Civil War), the Battle of the Bulge and Iwo Jima. But I believe that 99% of that lot do not know how many actually died in battle. I think you will be surprised by the number of fatalities:

• Battle of Gettysburg–3,155 Union and 3,903 Confederates killed in action.
• Battle of the Bulge–19,276 killed.
• Battle of Iwo Jima–6,821 killed.

The bloodiest campaign in any war for the United States was Normandy, which started on 6 June 1944 and terminated on 25 August 1944 with a total of 29,204 killed in action. Raise your hand if you are surprised by the relative paucity of fatalities. Count me as one of the dumbfounded. I am not suggesting that these are meaningless numbers. If one of those who died in these battles was a member of your family the cost cannot be measured. But the reality is that the number of United States military personnel killed in action in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined pales in comparison with the losses the Soviet Union (i.e., Russia) suffered in World War II.

Larry then justifiably goes into comparisons. And yet, Vladimir Putin who, as we all know is about to succumb to cancer, Parkinson's, dementia, HIV, COVID-19 and whatever other illnesses are out there, in accordance to human trash aka Western MSM journos, in his speech to Parade and the nation at the Red Square yesterday said:

Meanwhile, the West seems to be set to cancel these millennia-old values. Such moral degradation underlies the cynical falsifications of World War II history, escalating Russophobia, praising traitors, mocking their victims’ memory and crossing out the courage of those who won the Victory through suffering. We are aware that US veterans who wanted to come to the parade in Moscow were actually forbidden to do so. But I want them to know: We are proud of your deeds and your contribution to our common Victory. We honor all soldiers of the allied armies – the Americans, the English, the French, Resistance fighters, brave soldiers and partisans in China – all those who defeated Nazism and militarism.

Well, too bad Western elites have no concept of class and honor. But then again, sore losers who know price of everything and value of nothing are all like that.  

This is Russian ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev during laying the wreath at the Red Army cemetery in Warsaw. 

He was doused with red paint by the protesters. Here is how Fox reported on that. Read the comments under that. That gives explanation to why Russia is not talking to the West anymore. But that is not what is remarkable about this whole thing. No. It is the fact that Poland's Minister of Internal Affairs (Interior Minister)--in Europe these are ministers of police and internal security--Mariusz Kaminski actually justified this attack. 

“The gathering of opponents of Russian aggression against Ukraine, where the crime of genocide takes place every day, was legal,” Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski added. “The emotions of Ukrainian women taking part in the demonstration, whose husbands are fighting bravely in defense of their homeland, are understandable.”

Well,  what can I say. Just repeat what I said above--they don't know what class is. 

In related news, Dmitri Rogozin put this boy Elon Musk in his place when responded to his bragging about Space X satellites being used against Russia and Musk's "ideas" about Nazism. As Rogozin wrote in his TG:

«Выходец-миллиардер из ЮАР, чья семья сделала свой капитал в годы апартеида, хочет объяснить мне, сыну фронтовика, гражданину страны, потерявшей 27 миллионов только убитыми во время войны с фашистами, смысл слова НАЦИЗМ»

Translation: The native of South Africa, whose family accumulated its capital during Apartheid years, wants to explain to me, the son of a veteran of the front, the citizen of the country which lost 27 million people just killed alone during the war with fascism, the meaning of the word Nazism.   

As I said: you cannot buy class and honor, they don't sell it in Ivy League schools or at the Wall Street. You either have it or you don't, Western elites don't. 

In other news, however, as always, Western MSM got a huge shit-cake on their faces, again, since, as was expected, no "mobilization" was announced by Putin (it is absolutely not necessary), everybody seem to be in good spirit and healthy and, of course, apart from completely losing Popasnaya, VSU ran away from and abandoned Lisichansk and Russia organized a bloodbath for VSU at Zmeinnyi Island. To demonstrate what a sewer US MSM are, here is a snippet from May 8:

The usual contingent of Rosvgardia forces will be absent, Forbes reported, as many are fighting in Ukraine. The number of Russian infantry fighting vehicles, or Kurganets-25, participating in the parade has been cut by 50%, the media outlet said. Fewer tanks will be on display, according to The Moscow Times, likely because Ukrainian has destroyed hundreds of them.

Well, evidently cretins from Forbes missed Rosgvardia marching at the parade. But then again, what do you expect from lower forms of life.  

They will never understand.

May 9th.

To those around the world who value human life and decency, civilization and justice--with Day of Victory, all of you. Eternal memory and glory to fallen who defeated Nazism. Suddenly, this date gained a new meaning, with Russia, yet again, fighting a very real evil of Nazism in Ukraine. 

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