On Grand Strategy

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The best commentary on Grand Strategy that I have seen of late is by John Hughes in the Christian Science Monitor. See also this, by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online.…

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,…

Attitudinal Data Points – October to December 2023 — 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 have no general staff; we grant no higher degrees in military science; and, except for Admiral Mahan, we have produced no strategist of international repute. Richard Pipes, Why the Soviet…

Understanding Russia

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. Statement by Permanent RepresentativeVassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine Excerpt: For…

Pensieri – II

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. Pensieri – I is here.Pensieri – II is here.Pensieri – III is…

A Typhoon Of CIA IO

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. Russians play their opponents, not their cards. Euro-American Fascists (WEF, CIA) play…

Maritime And Other Powers

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. Maritime power — also land, cyber, air, and space power — is…

Federal Executive Redesign I – As I See It XV: After Washing Down Washington D.C.

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. Statecraft is facing facts, accepting reality as it is, and responding rationally,…

As I See It XI: Size Matters

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. Train Hard Fight Easy Win Early A group has no centered-self. An…

Equanimity, Not Left Or Right

The old standards remain the standards.Fundamentals have not changed, only incidentals. We go here and there looking for God.Truth is, we are ever only looking right at Him. 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…

Lawyers

As Is The Feeling,So Is The Result. It occurred to me this morning: lawyers are the corruption in the country, lawyers are the investigators — though likely not cleaners — of the corruption in the country, and lawyers operate the country’s most prominent institutions, including, besides all branches and agencies of government, her armed forces,…

Being There Is No Reason For Staying There

The One Is Indivisible The Truth Is The Whole There should be a rational grand national strategic objective (RGNSO) justifying the deployment or maintenance of US assets of statecraft (aka US citizens’ persons and wealth) outside US borders.  Those assets are three in number: Diplomacy, Finance, and War-Fighting. Wanting to be somewhere is insufficient reason…

Why We Fight

The One Is Indivisible The Truth Is The Whole We examined facets of this subject two years ago: USA Grand National Strategic Objective — Take Three Wealth, Sovereignty, And Strategic Concern The excision of Qasem Soleimani occasions further examination of this subject, noting now its deep history and implications thereof. Asharite Islam is the background…

The Truth Matters, After All

AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA Upon occasion, in human affairs, it becomes necessary to remind functionaries that they are not proprietors.  This observation has reference to that Euro-American mélange of colossal dummies who self-identify as the foreign policy establishment (FPE) as well as to their tools, practitioners, who call themselves the intelligence community (IC). The foundations are shaking, at last.…

Essentials Against Potentials

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT US Armed Forces as a whole and as units thereof propound vision statements.  These often contain the phrase anytime, anywhere to indicate intention regarding readiness for operations.  They do not, usually, contain phrases declaring a…

The INDO-PACIFIC Region Is A Land-Based Problem Set

AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA When admirals’ ships are crashing about and generals’ fighting formations are losing wars as well as battles, the premise(s) from which their proceedings proceed are false.  Events such as these indicate the presence of more and deeper irresponsibility than can be adduced from an incidental mishap. In the case of US armed…