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NATO is Using COIN in Ukraine (I Told You So)

December 5, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Sometimes I’m wrong, but sometimes I’m right too. For the past eight months I’ve argued that thoroughly prepared for a war, but the wrong kind of war. This week, the Military Chronical Telegram channel started a rumor that was then picked up by other outlets. Let’s see what it was:

How Many American Servicemen Has Biden Sacrificed in Ukraine?

November 5, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Capt. Paul Kim is one of the most recent American soldiers to die pointlessly to cover up Biden’s money laundering in Ukraine. Contradictory media reports about his status at the time raise an important question. Are these fallen soldiers actually “volunteers” or are they current members of our armed forces acting on orders from the … Read more

Let’s Play the Numbers Game in Ukraine

July 5, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine has shaped up to be war on an industrial scale, which raises an obvious question. What does the war cost, and who can sustain the effort the longest?

Soviet Deep Battle and OODA Loops in the Ukraine

April 10, 2022April 5, 2022 by Ian Kummer

A reader sent me this interesting story about Winter-20, a large tabletop exercise in Poland to simulate a Russian invasion. The setup and its outcome were both interesting. Poland started the wargame with large advantages, namely, a futuristic arsenal of F-35s and souped-up Leopard tanks that doesn’t exist, and might never exist at all. Despite this edge, they lost badly. The pro-Russia crowd was of course very happy with this outcome. I dislike the idea and think it paints a very wrong picture, and here’s why.

Fake News Killed the Ukrainians and it is Our Fault

March 5, 2022 by Ian Kummer

If you’re reading this, you’re probably already beginning to doubt the official narrative the entire western media has been pounding into our heads, and you’re completely correct. This is a terrible tragedy and Ukraine was the primary victim. The Russians didn’t do this to her, we did.

Just because a statement is a lie doesn’t mean the opposite statement is true. The Russian intervention into Ukraine is not the worst thing that ever happened. So yes, the West’s narrative is wrong. This intervention is not literally like the Holocaust like the professional Russia hater Julia Ioffe claimed (It’s a little gross for a Jewish person to casually throw around Holocaust comparisons, especially while condemning anyone else who does it). However, the opposite statement is not automatically true. Sending tanks into Ukraine was not a good thing. But I have not seen or heard even one Russian claim that this was anything less than horrible. They all know this is horrible, but continuing to do nothing would be worse. And this isn’t a statement of reason or logic on their part. It’s a moral statement.