I'm a former US Marine fire support specialist, and also worked for about 10 years as a public affairs specialist in the US Army National Guard and Reserves. For that reason I will mostly opine about the "information operations" aspect of current events.
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This “will to fight” applies to both sides, doesn’t it? Do Russians have the will to fight? Do they have more of this will than us? I don’t know. I don’t even know how they feel. All I can do is share what some Russians have told me.
This is a post I’ve been pondering for months, and it needs to be said. Let’s talk about the “pro-Russia” crowd. Yes, you. I see this attitude too often, and it annoys me.
The Battle for Donbass has begun. Let’s review the things that have happened so far, and the things that will likely happen… which do NOT include you getting a Ukrainian girlfriend. Sorry)
Happy Easter! There’s a huge battle taking off in Donbass, and NATO propaganda has begrudgingly acknowledged it. Why the sudden fit of honesty? We should be worried.
Washington has long practiced the art of radicalizing other cultures, turning them into disposable human weapons, and have become exceptionally good at it. Let’s talk about Ukraine’s ISIS-style propaganda video that emerged earlier this week.
