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Russian RR artillery depots and why they are being shelled.

Long, great thread. "Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics".

https://twitter.com/noclador/status/1544495879884886017


Plus Trent Telenko:

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1544472420484091905

Next week's Jan. 6 hearing will focus on Trump's ties to domestic extremist groups.

From tomorrow's NY Times:

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to hold a hearing next Tuesday to reveal its findings about the connections between former President Donald J. Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and the domestic violent extremist groups that helped to organize the siege on Congress.

Jan. 6 Hearings to Resume Next Week With Focus on Domestic Extremists https://nyti.ms/3IigmyD

Good thread on the state of Covid, here and elsewhere.

Patron - The tee shirt auction!

Patron - Back on Twitter!

Anybody else recognize the Benny Hill song?

A thread on the importance of Ukraine's current Kherson offensive.

A Saratoga moment?

https://twitter.com/HoansSolo/status/1543878114794786818

In Ukraine, U.S. veterans step in where the military will not.

A democracy came under attack. The United States saw a threat to an ally and also to the entire world order, but it feared that sending troops could spark a nuclear war. So, instead, it supplied weapons. And a small number of American Special Operations trainers started quietly working with the local military.

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It is also the situation in Ukraine today. As a bloody conflict churns on, small teams of American Special Operations veterans are training Ukrainian soldiers near the front lines and, in some cases, helping to plan combat missions.

There is a notable difference, though. In Vietnam, the trainers were active-duty troops under the control of the Pentagon. In Ukraine, where the United States has avoided sending any troops, the trainers are civilian volunteers, supported by online donations and operating entirely on their own.

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“They are destroying whole cities, killing civilians indiscriminately. If that’s not escalation, what is?” he said. “I don’t see this so much as being like the years before Vietnam. To me, it’s more like the years before World War II. People are going to wonder, looking back, why we didn’t do more sooner.”

In Ukraine, U.S. Veterans Step In Where the Military Will Not https://nyti.ms/3IcJM15

You can't keep track of the blown Russian ammo dumps without a scorecard.