Say It Again

I’ve been watching a lot of combat footage lately to discern how our next wars are going to play out. The state of drone warfare is changing and advancing all the time. All the footage, though, is grim. I’m not going to link to these as civilized people1 shouldn’t watch such things, but there are numerous videos of a Russian soldier surviving one drone attack only for another drone and then another to come finish him off.

Supposedly, the Ukrainians now have semi-autonomous AI-powered drone picket lines. From the evidence I’ve seen, I believe it; even the indirect evidence is that they would’ve been overwhelmed now by Russian advances without this tech.

Does anyone realize that the Terminator franchise was a warning, not something to go ahead and create? Guess we’re fatally attracted to the torment nexus. The US and every other country is at least 10 years behind where the Ukrainians are with drone tech. We have to do something about that as we’re likely to be fighting in Europe and the South China Sea soon enough.

  1. Never been civilized.

Takings

I find this plausible. I’d expect a winter attack, though, not fall. Russia’s ambition is to take the three Baltic States and Poland. Also Germany if it seems feasible. They will do this while Trump is in office if they can.

Flat Wrong

About twice a day, I think about the Ian Welsh (et al.) pre-war contention that resistance in Ukraine was impossible because it is flat. And I have a good hearty laugh.

It’s such a great source of amusement. Why would you listen to anything that doof or those like like him claim after that, I have not a clue.

But at least it was entertainingly dipshitty.

Putin Up With It

Exactly. One “easy” way to have open borders is to build a huge damn empire.

Which I guess is one of the reasons Ian Welsh and those types are such Putin fans? I can’t find any valid reasons so I am just spitballing here. Worshipping Putin is both gauche and embarrassing. It’s the lefty equivalent of being a right-wing edgelord. In a way, it’s just pitiful.

But I have no pity because unlike Mr. T, I do not pity the fool.

51st State

By the by, according to the Ian Welsh logic of why Russia “deserves” to dominate and commit genocide upon Ukraine, the US also “deserves” to do the same to Canada.

Not so fun to be a right clown when there’s the prospect of Hellfire missiles hitting your house, is it? Horseshoe theory is real; both the radical right and the radical left kneel before Putin. What amazing times we live in.

Oslo Chooses

Good; Norway understands the risks and doesn’t want any part in Russia trying to take over much of the rest of Europe, which is their aim.

As I’ve said a million times, fight and defeat Russia in Ukraine now or battle it out in the rest of Europe later. That’s the choice, like it or not. And just because American dumbass puling pusillanimous “progressives” don’t like the choice doesn’t make it less real.