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You can make the argument why the Russian military can't fight besides the tactics and doctrine, the Russian society in general. The corruption has been around since the Tsar's. Has Russia ever been a society that has ever been one of laws instead of corrupt tyrants? Putin was himself a bag man for his political boss before he became Mayor of St Petersburg. Makes me wonder when he shakes his nuclear saber, does he have to spray WD-40 inside the scabbard to remove it. Missiles take a bunch of upkeep; I wonder if they even keep a warhead on top of the ones in the silos. Back in the day our Atlas birds had to keep fuel in the tube for structural strength so the war head would not come down crushing the tube, right before I joined an Arkansas silo had an explosion when a mx troop dropped a wrench and punctured the skin and the fuel exploded. Just thinking a Russian General knowing that his birds would never fly just kept one looking good in case the boss showed up and padded his budget and bank account.

This article says the Sherman had a 580% loss rate. A Poor Defense: Sherman tanks in WW2 – University of Illinois Archives

The tank commander got blown out the top and flew to the lower left of the screen at least 100 yards. Historical note, the Germans did the same thing to our Sherman tanks crews in France. Most of the crews that landed at Normandy never made to the end of the year.

I can see now the CEO and CFO figuring out to have cost over runs. Everyone needs to get on Netflix and watch Downfall on how executives destroyed an Engineering and quality led culture.

to quote the show Letterkenny "allegedly" if you know you know.

All things end, if Putin doesn't go NBC with his army outnumbered since babushkas armed with lethal pickle jars now are also armed with AK-47s. Their budget most likely pocketed by Oligarchs and Generals instead of being spent on training and equipment, an NCO corps in name only is probably the reason why so many Russian Generals are being killed with nobody up front to maintain discipline and keep the troops on point. My question is what will happen to us when it is realized by voters in Peoria that the big bad bear is a paper tiger. Will DOD get smaller, and the budget goes to peaceful pursuits? Just think of the lower-class kids receiving a great education by well-paid and respected teachers, the horror.

At least their drones are not catching Taliban fighters having man love Tues with farm animals. I could have done without that.

I'm old enough to remember what happened to the puppet govt that the USSR left in charge in Afghanistan in 1989. Their guy lost in a civil war against the Taliban and got hung, our guy we left in charge read a history book, took the money and ran.

So if Putin attacks Sweden and Finland and they are "not" part of NATO but "did" deploy troops to Afghanistan under NATO command. Let's just admit them to NATO to prevent what happened to Ukraine. Plus, Finland has US equipment already so they can integrate well with the rest of NATO. If we would have accepted Ukraine into NATO a year ago instead of listening in on a phone call to score political points this tragedy would not have happened. I'm to the point that when I see anyone wearing a tie, I go to default mode that they are full of shit until proven they are not

If Putin decides to level Ukraine, he dooms himself and Russia as well, they are the breadbasket of Europe, Russia will starve. American farmers will be taking land out of CIP and plant everywhere to try and feed the world if the bank will give them credit to buy seed, diesel, and fertilizer.

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Looks like the Russian Army doesn't have Pizza Huts, Burger Kings, and or a Green Bean inside their wire. Looks like a cabbage and borsch diet at the DFAC.

Maybe we should have had Military assistance command Ukraine with the 82nd airborne at the airport training Ukranian troops. I know it sounds familiar but would have Putin attacked if the US/NATO had a presence there? He would have screamed bloody murder. Now we sit and wait to hope that NATO and Russian pilots flying within eyeball range don't screw up or someone's airliner doesn't gets shot down.

Worked on KC-135R 57-1440 MPRS last night doing an oxygen purge, it just got out of the paint barn at PDM. MPRS birds are road hard and put up wet. Of course, this one will go back to McConnell to be flown hard with no TLC ever given. Lucifers Chariot is an old Looking Glass EC-135 that was converted into a sniffer. Those engines are TF33P102A's, they were already used up because all the 102's came off high time retired airliner B707's along with the nacelles. The only 135's that came off the assembly lines with TF-33's were the C-135B's and some of them became Rivet Joints. The two recently retired OC-135B's were the last of the TF33P5's powered C-135B's, the rest now have the CFM-56.

Some counties are still hard-core conservative, always have Californians in my town Westcliffe wanting a Walmart or a big housing development, water rights keep things sane plus the remoteness. Plus, the town is a dark skies community so you can see the actual stars and galaxies at night. Also, the county school is one of the best in the state.

It's too bad that most Canadians who live in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver are Trudeau lovers who think the rest of the country is to do what they say and get Alberta to pay for it. Plus, if you live out in the hinter lands you are not sophisticated enough to rule over yourselves.

Russia just shut off ammonia nitrate fertilizer between Feb 2 to Apr 12 to insure their farmers have a some for their own use. They supply two thirds of the worlds supply.

Get ready for high food costs, nitrogen-based fertilizers have gone through the roof more than doubled last year prices due to high natural gas prices in Europe. Since Russia is the #1 supplier of natural gas to Europe and these fertilizers come from Europe or they buy up our stocks of it, supply and demand. Also, Russia and China have building up stocks of commodities corn, wheat, and soybean paying premium price. Good for US farmers, $5 corn pays a bunch of bills, not good for city folk.

Obama 'vented his concerns about Biden and said "don’t underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up"' (thesun.co.uk) Also , how come all European media is saying there is nothing going on in the Ukraine and US MSM says the sky is falling? Wag the dog?

If it comes to locking horns with Putin, this will not just be in the Ukraine. What side deals did Putin make with China, will the Russian Pacific fleet support Xi's Navy on an invasion of Taiwan? How many troops families are we willing to send a flag and purple heart to? Don't have much faith in the American people to support this especially with the leadership team voted in and installed. Will true warriors emerge and take charge and be violent and merciless enough to end this nonsense? It's amazing when your young you want this but after a long career you bang your head against the wall to think the human race is so stupid.

He asked why I didn't tell him, I responded you didn't ask and the CC signed off on my house hunting. Also told him you can forgo my retirement ceremony.

Right before I started my terminal leave after 23 years, my boss a E-8 perfumed prince who always went class C when it was his turn to deploy to the desert came into my office. He told me I will not be receiving any retirement medal. The reasoning is because I just deployed all the time and did my job. You never were involved with all the politics it took to receive a Senior Rater Endorsement. Bake sales, Sq Picnic, Xmas Party, Top 3. Anytime we needed you, you were gone in the desert doing the mission. Two days into my terminal leave he called the house asking why I wasn't at work. Sharp tool this guy.

You see that , I always tell kids who want to get a degree to be a English major.