Retired Soldier - now working as an Army civilian. Youth soccer coach & gentleman cattle rancher (some would say hobby rancher - ignore that negativity).
What are the prospects for #Putin's mobilization in #Russia? In the latest episode of #Battlegrounds, @LTGHRMcMaster and @v_milov discuss the status of the Russian opposition and what more can be done to advance #Ukraine's fight for freedom. Watch now: https://t.co/lp8eDkksro
"The paradox of the situation for the current leaders of the Islamic Republic is that they’re making all the mistakes that the Shah did. It’s as if they have not learned from their own revolutionary experience."
Watch or listen to the whole thing.
https://t.co/mYnptfMKY5
No one has yet explained how the maintenance, logistics, & ground support for them would be handled. Let alone how the capability loss of taking significant numbers of A-10's from US inventory would be made good. Airframe hasn't been produced since 1984, losses won't be replaced.
Russia's President needs a story line that preserves his Presidency, relaxes sanctions on his country & gives the appearance that Ukraine bore some success for Russia. In lieu of my normal longer thread, one based on my analysis in today’s @smh | 1/12 https://t.co/Xzj4g3e9RR