Originally Posted by jgw
I have no idea how this whole thing is going to shake out. I do know that just about anybody who has any power has gone to Russia and attempted to talk to Putin and they have all failed. Putin is not going to change! My own thought is to wonder if there is anybody in Russia who knows the facts and really don't want to die and can deal with Putin. I personally don't think so but the thought is comforts me. All the people who understand the results of a Nuclear war is the complete destruction of anybody involved and, probably, the end of the world as we know it. NOBODY WINS!

Ukraine is, right now, bombing stuff in Russia and when we give them more stuff they will be getting bombed even more. I don't see where we actually have any choices on this one. I also think that the Ukraine is going to win this one. Russia's army is a bunch of untrained kids as the best of their army was destroyed by Ukraine at the beginning of their attack (they say). Their equipment's technology is, apparently, 1950 tech and the stuff we are sending is up to date and, I think, Putin is starting to understand that.

I, as usual, wish us all luck!


A person like me pounding the war drum would make me a bona fide chickenhawk.
So don't expect me to urge us all to war.
That having been said, I did grow up in a DoD family, so it's not like I have never heard talk of war.
I have a videotape that I shot of my parents' 40th anniversary, (1985, one year before his death) and they had a big party out in the back yard with all kinds of DoD guests and some associated notables, including Albert Wohlstetter, who was a personal friend of my father.

Maybe I should post it online to share it.
You might be interested in some of the stuff my mic picked up, particularly the parts about how the Soviets can be counted on to screw it up royally when it comes to high tech.
Sure, when it comes to things like tanks, conventional missiles, incendiary bombs and the like, Russian stuff is heavy and quite durable. Even Russian aircraft present a formidable threat in the skies.

But there's a reason why Ukrainian pilots are now over the moon as they train on a shipment of F16's this week.

https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1519801775905284096

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"It is just a pleasure to operate such a machine! Absolutely new philosophy of flight, incredible avionics, everything the pilot may need," says one of the Ukrainian pilots.

Almost everyone at that party in 1985 is dead now, certainly Wohlstetter, Mom, Dad and just about anyone else who was in frame.
Anyway, the point is, the muckety mucks at DoD have been quite certain about Russia's relationship with sophisticated stuff like nuclear weapons. They can be counted on to test like crazy, even blowing up large bombs in the atmosphere.
But the question is, can they be counted on to actually deliver in the heat and fog of war.

It's not like I am saying we can relax and that there's nothing to worry about. But it is like saying that if it's possible to extend "a little help" in sabotaging their command and control, it might not be that difficult, and when it comes to coordinating precise strikes with hardware that really works when it is supposed to, there's a 50-50 chance of duds and an even bigger chance too many drunks may be asleep at the switch.

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