The shit the Mossad comes up with and pulls off would be impressive if it weren’t to serve an appartheit State.

It also helps they can ignore the fallout from blowing up stuff with total disregard for international law or basic morals

Bibi and co need the endless cycle of hate and violence to go on so he can rob his own with impunity.

Boom thousands of kilometer of cable to install and loss of power on transmission.

They would need lots of power to run life support, produce air and fuel from water. Solved problems on nuclear subs.

Make America grind again

And they learned that by losing tank after tank in Grozny.

True but this isn’t static frontline combat over there. It’s maneuver warfare that requires mobility, intel and combined arms.

If their trucks get Himarsed on the road in, the skill of the soldiers matters little.

Shoving a democracy via a foreign military force rarely works.

Russians need to strive towards a better government.

Ask Chechnya how unwilling Russia is to raze their own cities.

Maybe I’m just coping with the season dragging so much and finally getting some meaty stuff. In any case, I still think it is better than Ring (except visually).

The “Challengers” sequel writes itself.

Some enjoy one but not the other.

Both shows have their faults. I watch both, Ring for the production value and House for the better writing.

House really dragged on in most of season 2 but ended good. Season 1 of Ring fell on it’s face with the whole “twist” ending that could only have surprised a Labrador with ADHD.

And it’s also a famously common mistake. WWI initially had a bunch of countries happily go to a quick and decisive little war.

“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”

Russia: “Give me your bigots, your religious fundamentalists / Your brainwashed masses yearning to hate free”

Those poor oppressed white Christian men.

Anyway, let’s ignore the ultra-rich grabbing a bigger and bigger share of the pie.

“It’s an oppressive authoritarian regime but it’s not ‘woke’” seems to be good enough for them.

So much for their claims of wanting “liberty”.

They can all go and make their own new Russian town. They could call it Jonesgrad or perhaps Jonestown to keep it closer to their American roots.

Don’t forget to pack up some FlavorAid for those scorching Russian summers.

Listen-in and cause confusion. So many possible hijinks.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the coms gear. Unlike Russian troops relying on cell phone towers during the invasion (while simultaneously knocking the towers down). The EW gear would make it even harder for an already ill-equipped and disorganized defense force to coordinate.

And I bet Ukraine is getting some nice up-to-date intel from NATO assets (satellites, SIGINT, HUMINT…) which helps them decide where to attack and when to evade.

The Russian (and the Soviet) army was never great at maneuver warfare. That requires field autonomy from commanders. Autocrats can’t keep a strong, smart, well-trained and somewhat autonomous army since they always fear coups.

That’s why historically Russia has been victorious by obliterating cities via massed artillery and air bombardment. This doesn’t work so well unless the enemy stays put or assaults your fortified lines.

I wonder what Ukraine’s long-term game is with Kursk, taking territory this way they proved they can but keeping it is a whole other story. It certainly keeps their enemy off-balance and forces them to spread while making them look even weaker.

The link between conspiracies and ads is way stronger than that. The ad industry really went into high gear following WWII when the people working on pumping out propaganda to drive their own side of the war stepped up the game by applying psychology, new media, and a bigger budget.

Those people and techniques then moved to the commercial market when the war ended and applied their trade to peddle us the crap their customers wanted to sell. Make us feel bad if we don’t buy product X and go on an endless consumption treadmill to try to feel good and adequate about ourselves.

It is despicable and even worse with ads targeting children.