Quick Thoughts

The aphorism literary form always has appealed to me as suitable for what I want to say or write. The reason why, I am not sure. The Biblical Prophetic couplet, possibly. Shakespeare, possibly. Pascal and Wittgenstein, possibly. Sathya Sai Baba, probably. Strictly and loosely, over the years I repaired to the aphorism literary form, under…

Attitudinal Data Points — October 2023 to May 2024 — Let’s Face Facts

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. We start with the most recent: By dumbing down your schools, you have degraded your own security, military ability, and even moral courage and spiritual serenity. A consequence of Nominalist, Positivist,…

Colonel (Retired) Jacques Baud, Professional Perspectives

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. If you reach an operational objective, that opens the door to a strategic objective.If you reach a strategic objective, that opens the door to a political objective.Clausewitz means this by, War…

Today Is Conceptual Architecture

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Andrei Martyanov writes: It is not just about manufacturing capacity — in theory the US may build, in the next 10+ years, some facilities to increase production of 155-mm shells or…

Valery Gerasimov

At U.S. Army University Press Getting Gerasimov Right Thoughts on Future Military Conflict — March 2018

Glantz And House +: An Anthology Of Slavic Military Studies

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, correlates of the Primakov Doctrine as the root of Russian Foreign Policy. The Journal of Slavic Military Studies (Background)David M. Glantz The Soviet-German War 1941-1945David M. Glantz When Titans Clashed:How The Red Army Stopped HitlerDavid M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House The Battle Of KurskDavid…

Attitudinal Data Points – August To October 2023 — Let’s Face Facts

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, correlates of the Primakov Doctrine as the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Vladimir Putin and his team reestablish Russia in pan-religious, pan-spiritual cultural ground. Historians generally think that The French Revolution was a rejection of their leadership caste, both civil and religious, by…

Everything Changed On 22 February 2022

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, correlates of the Primakov Doctrine as the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Power Line Blog now illustrates the sitz-im-leben of those who strove all their careers, whether now long or short, to install themselves as masters of the universe. Everything changed for them…

The Russian General Winter

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. The following I copy in full from a comment today on Andrei…

Authority, Legality, Rules, And Titles [revised]

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. The Protestant Reformation was necessary in order to separate two lines of…

Attitudinal Data Points – April To August 2023 — Let’s Face Facts

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. You’re always in friction, competition, struggle, conflict with someone.The goal is to…

They Will Fight To The Last American

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. When you set out to destroy a civilization — e.g., Sicarii, Bolsheviks…

Battle Space, Technology, And Doctrine

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Security For OneIs Security For All War is a work of art.…

Grau And Bartles: An Anthology Of Russian Battle Doctrine

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. See Pages 19 and 25 – Airborne Mechanized Raid and Infantry Breaching…

Maskirovka In The Architecture Of War

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Really, only competent, refined military professionals, engineers, and their knowledgeable, competent sympathizers…