Really?

LOL. 

По приглашению Европейского командования Вооруженных сил США 1-3-его ноября первый заместитель министра обороны РА, начальник Генерального штаба ВС РА, генерал-лейтенант Эдвард Асрян посетил штаб-квартиру Европейского командования США в Штутгарте. 3-его ноября состоялась встреча с заместителем командира Европейского командования США, генерал-лейтенантом Стивеном Башами. В ходе встречи обсуждены вопросы развития армяно-американского военного сотрудничества. Генерал-лейтенант Эдвард Асрян представил детали проводимых в Вооруженных силах РА реформ, и ожидаемую от США поддержку в деле их реализации. Генерал-лейтенант Стивен Башам выразил готовность США продолжать содействие текущим программам сотрудничества, а также инициировать новые направления сотрудничества по следующим сферам: профессионализация вооруженных сил, укрепление профессионального сержантского состава, модернизация системы управления, миротворчество, военная медицина, военное образование и боевая подготовка, учения и прочее. Обсуждены также вопросы региональной безопасности. В рамках визита генерал-лейтенант Эдвард Асрян посетил также расположенный в Гогенфельсе (ФРГ) объединенный многонациональный центр подготовки Сухопутных войск США в Европе (Joint Multinational Readiness Center - JMRC) и Академию сержантского состава (NCO Academy).

Translation:  At the invitation of the European Command of the US Armed Forces, on November 1-3, the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Edward Asryan visited the headquarters of the US European Command in Stuttgart. On November 3, a meeting was held with the Deputy Commander of the US European Command, Lieutenant General Stephen Bashamy. During the meeting, issues of development of Armenian-American military cooperation were discussed. Lieutenant General Edward Asryan presented details of the reforms being carried out in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, and the support expected from the United States in their implementation. Lieutenant General Stephen Basham expressed the United States' readiness to continue to facilitate ongoing cooperation programs, as well as initiate new areas of cooperation in the following areas: professionalization of the armed forces, strengthening of professional non-commissioned officers, modernization of the command and control system, peacekeeping, military medicine, military education and combat training, exercises and other. Issues of regional security were also discussed. As part of the visit, Lieutenant General Edward Asryan also visited the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) and the NCO Academy located in Hohenfels (Germany).

Listen, I always maintained the decorum, professional respect and giving the credit where the credit is due for the US Army. This is not the case anymore--SMO demonstrated a sheer incompatibility of the US ground forces doctrine and TOE for REAL war and combined arms operations. Moreover, I am on record--US military will learn very precious little in terms of VSU "lessons" due to lack of access to correlates of war, which are in the foundation of real lessons and adjustments on operational and strategic levels. The fact that some tactical lessons could be learned and some adjustments made in Field Manuals here and there change very little in the Pentagon's clockwork. 

The fact that what remains of VSU at some point of time simply refused to follow NATO "training"--the fact extremely well documented by media--is already a red flag in regards to "a finest fighting force in history"(c). The issue here is TOE--it is for beating up third rate militaries. Practically all US Army technology turned out to be no match for modern battlefield as did operational concepts. But, on the second thought, it is, probably only natural for the US "training" to be applied to its lapdogs, because it is precisely this "audience" which is still susceptible to military fairy tales conceived in Pentagon and a network of "military" think-tanks (such as Institute for Study of War, LOL) who face now an arduous task of admitting their sheer military incompetence and impotence. It is no secret, Russian are openly now laughing at American generals. Battlefield results speak for themselves. Let them "train" another provider of cannon fodder.   

Federica Mogherini Cries....

Well, why didn't you cry, EU "politicians", when Ukronazi killed and continue to kill people of Donbass, when they commit terrorist acts both against people and infrastructure. Where was your outrage and tears when good people of Syria were being killed, tortured, displaced by the creature all of you are directly culpable in creating--IS. Well, the chickens are coming home to roost and this is just the start, things will get much more "interesting". While my heart goes out to people of Brussels, I have no sympathy whatsoever to EU bureaucrats, who are traitors and cowards. So, cry me a river. Go, double on tolerasty and multiculturalism--we'll see how your further cultural "enrichment" go.

Brussels attacks: EU’s Federica Mogherini breaks down during emotional conference (VIDEO)

Now on a more professional note: 

1. EU is not equipped for dealing with this kind of threats--its military and law enforcement structures are incompetent and, as the rape binge in Koln demonstrated, cowardly. They also are rendered impotent because of the political correctness and ideological doctrine, which effectively reduces the ability to profile, which, in its turn, is one of the pillars of the effective operative work. 

2. EU will not be able to establish direct causality between its fundamental guiding principles and Islamic terrorism. It also will not be able to develop a working security doctrine. There are already huge number of "communities" and Mosques all over Europe where law enforcement doesn't dare to go.

3. EU population, its large portion, is long ago emasculated, unarmed and scared.  It is also a subscriber to suicidal immigration and "cultural" policies of EU. This is in a startling contrast, for example, with the US whose white population, yours truly included, is armed to the teeth and both supports and practices 2nd Amendment and, thankfully, enjoys what's left of the 1st one. This is not the case in Western Europe.  

So, in general, the problem is deep and systemic. Europe was fuming and accusing Russia when Russia fought two bloody wars in Chechnya against Wahhabi-Salafist forces there. Europe accused Putin (and Russians) when Islamic terrorists committed atrocity in Beslan and Nord-Ost. Well, Europe, how's that sitting on the high horse going for ya? I guess will see how when Charlie Hebdo's new issue comes out with caricatures on Brussels' tragedy.  

Will healthy, real nationalist forces wake up in Europe? I, certainly, hope so but the chances are slim and the illness progressed too far. As of now--another disastrous failure of the European intelligence and counter-terrorist forces. At this stage nothing more than that is expected of them.

Tick, tock, tick, tock............