Why US MIC ...

 ... is helpless. That's what privatization of strategic assets gets you. 

Revisiting The US Army War College Parameters.

 Just a reminder. 

Europe's Death Wish.

Or sleepwalking into war, or rather suicide, with Russia. Lavrov also warns. Russians are ready. This rabid dog should be put down once and for all. 

Kremlin Is In Panic ...

... Russians rush to buy supplies and overwhelm grocery stores, shelves are empty. The unconditional surrender to the US is getting ready in Moscow, including Trumps triumphant entrance in Moscow through Triumphal Arc on Kutuzovsky Avenue, then parade of the US Army on the Red Square and solemn transfer of all Russian military technology to the US. After that, Trump is led to the Lenin's Tomb and is declared the master of the universe and the greatest artist of the deal and then declared 2025-2089 Nobel Prize Winner. Then the Secret Service dude knocked on the door and asked--Mr President, are you awake. It is breakfast rime. 

It Is All About Istanbul.

And while many discuss grossly exaggerated (as always) attack on Russian bases. Reality of terrorist acts against civilian targets conveniently "disappears". I explain here, why the events of the last 48 hours are in "preparation" to Istanbul "meeting". 

Per RAND latest paper--it is sad, it is incompetent, it is delusional because the USAF and its main "think tank" never encountered serious enemy in the skies since 1950 and in Vietnam this was Air Defense which shook USAF to the core. So, I explain why they will, again, learn absolutely nothing. 

UPDATE on numbers: damaged 3 TU 95MC and 2 TU-22M3. One old An-12. Evidently some of the 5 damaged bombers will be repaired. 

Istanbul Hysteria ...

 ... and the difference between dead reckoning and the ability to acquire target and hit it in hypersonic weapons. The tone of DoD (per Congressional Report) about the "progress" of the LRHW (aka Dark Eagle) hints at huge problems for the program, to put it mildly. 

Why So Much "Paper" Activity ...

... around Anti-missile Defense. Explanation is simple--to cover up a military-technological catastrophe for the US in advanced missile technologies (both AD and strike variety). This gap cannot be closed, especially with the US lagging badly in a hypersonic field. Atlantic Council "report" (do US generals even understand how they embarrass themselves?) is a laughable pseudo-scientific "policy" paper which high school students could write given the time and effort. Judging by their references who teach in Naval Post-Graduate School (same as such "strategists" and "historians" as Sarah Paine from USNWC)--no surprise that America's views on war are so amateurish. Czech MP wants to genocide Russians--totally expected. 

Some Indicators...

 ...of the lost arms race by the US (I do not even pay attention to Europe). Russians are not impressed with the USAF fighting doctrine, to put it mildly. And, of course, VSU "bridgeheads" which are nothing but slaughterhouses. 

My Latest...

... on the fact that the world still turns and some huge events continue to happen. 

There Is A Difference...

 ... between sociopath and psychopath and it is substantial--psychopaths do not go hysterical, sociopaths do. Observe it in real time.  

 

My Latest.

YT obviously demonetized it, LOL))

Looks like YT... remonetized it again? Go figure--they kept the video in "checks" for more than an hour. I guess they caught the word "Biden", wink, wink.

 

As Was Expected...

... atrocities porn dominates the "discussion".  Here is Larch stating the case clearly (from the thread from previous post):

Doesn't change a thing. They are a terror operation. Next you'll tell us Pravy Sektor and Azov are democratic.

Sadly, Larch, they are very close to saying it. Here is my comment to Larch's couple of excellent posts.  

Larch, don't expect sensible response--for many of them morals and logic are absent, just read the whole thread to see a bunch of functionally illiterate hacks who do not even comprehend what is written--many of them are afflicted with "Jews control our bodily fluids" ideas and they do not want to discriminate between civilians and combatants. The more Jews are dead the better it is for them. They see Jews dominating US politics and they vent their frustration in the same irrational manner as pro-Israel fanatics.

Well, here is my attempt to paint the larger picture. 

For many here, it will be the waste of time, same as reading and COMPREHENDING what Larry stated and I fully support his statement. For atrocity porn masturbators--you are no better than Israeli war criminals.

My Latest...

 ... video. Blogspot refuses to load videos now, so here is the link. Blogspot simply stopped working properly as of lately--constant issues. Anyhow, there are some very interesting news from Iran and Azerbaijan--there will be a corridor to Nakhchivan through... Iran. Use as Friday thread.   

OK, here it is.

On Culture...

 ... in a larger sense. By far not everything is bad in American culture as we used to know it. In the end, for century New York's skyline was the envy of the world. Not anymore. NYC today is a shithole and high culture barely survives, and so does a remainder of clear understanding of one national self. You can take the girl out of the village, you cannot take the village out of the girl. The best America can offer today compares in terms of high culture as a Wanker county fair muppet show to Bolshoy Ballet. Even Washington's National Gallery of Art has its roots in Russia. American elites, however, ooze provincialism (not to speak of low intelligence) non-stop. So, Condi Rice decided to raise her opinion on Russia while having zero grasp of what she is looking at. County fair, all along. Nothing is wrong with county fairs, though, per se. Unless, of course, it is State Department and Pentagon.

A Reminder About Economy.

Real economy, and why Lavrov stated about decision on battlefield. 

 

Oh, Canada!

My latest. 

 

Weekend Update (Not SNL).

My latest. Also use as an open thread. 

 

Karabakh, Armenia and... Chatham Circus.

They really do think that they are smart in UK. Dunning-Kruger all over. 

When one has nothing to say--they go for all kinds of rating: Top-5, Top-10 or Top-100 of all kinds of BS. It is the symptom of being hollowed out.

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late(c)

You know, the song. My latest on being too late. 

 

RAND Study...

 ... couldn't have come at a more appropriate time, LOL. I talk about it in my latest.