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2023-08-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Tucker on Twitter: Episode 18 with ret. Col. Douglas MacGregor

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Posted by badanov 2023-08-22 00:36|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 I did not find anything logically wrong in what he said here. I can see some instances where McGregor might be wrong, but everything he says about the present has a factual basis.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-22 08:51|| 2023-08-22 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 He's not liked by some because of his matter-of-fact approach and manner. He didn't make general officer for a reason. That's probably the reason.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-22 08:57|| 2023-08-22 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Assuming a person is all on the up and up because they said something you agreed with once or twice is a bad approach.

See: Kid Rock drinking a Bud Light a couple days ago.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-22 09:12|| 2023-08-22 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 I recall a term from CGSC called a "Logistical Culminating Point". We are there both in terms of industrial production volume, transportation capability, allied support and cost. Biden has exhausted even critical war stockage levels in some critical areas I suspect, his days in the Oval Office are seen by everyone with any situational awareness and an IQ above room temp as virtually over, and Congress is no longer going to give him more big money.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-08-22 12:39|| 2023-08-22 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I’m not looking for someone that agrees with me. I’m looking for someone who tells me stuff that has a rational basis. The spring offensive stuff hype did not seem rational to me. It seemed like it would be Passchendaele or the outpost campaign part of Korea. McGregor’s viewpoint on the situation matches reality with regard to Ukraine. I don’t really care if he swills Zima or whisky sours.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-22 12:49|| 2023-08-22 12:49|| Front Page Top

#6 One thing that is missed in this discussion is that the longer the war goes on the better and stronger the Russian Army will be.

The analog for me is the Japanese forces in WWII. When allied forces finally began to fight the Japanese they already had five years of combat experience. They had a head start, just as the Russians do now. The battles on southern Malaysia and the Dutch East Indies, as well as the early parts of the Guadalcanal are proof of how readiness affects combat forces.

If you want to stop the Russians you have to come to terms with them and address their security concerns, as they have been begging (and now demanding) for years.

Posted by badanov 2023-08-22 12:54|| 2023-08-22 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Talk to me about logistics and then talk to me about the Vietnamese and Taliban. The Russians and the Ukrainians have a serious problem. This is a grudge match. Everyone talks about $$$. Just keep in mind that Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are in NATO and are next on Putin's menu. This is a hellofva cheaper than a thermonuclear exchange.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-08-22 15:56|| 2023-08-22 15:56|| Front Page Top

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