Actual Thinking on M.E. War

 As usual, Wauck finds food for thought, done by military thinkers.

Here he quotes someone who 'follows military affairs closely.'

...People keep throwing these issues around without stopping to think for a minute what the actual military risk is to Israel and what difference the US could make. We haven’t had effective military planning for years. We proceed on political assumptions. Ukraine as a proxy only made sense to an academic who never considered the logistical impossibility. Effective military planning starts with a military, not a political objective.

Until two years ago I’ve been watching very serious planning going on for a US/Israel air attack on Iran. For it to succeed in its limited objectives, it required aerial refueling. That required bases for the KC-135s etc refueling planes in Arab countries in the Middle East. The US lost the Gulf and that plan lost any utility it might have had. But it was 30 years out of date already because of the rebasing Iran had done of its missile assets as well as their tremendous improvement. Iran could destroy Israel without ever using a nuclear weapon with missiles from Iran. It still can....

You say AIPAC never told you that?  That Netanyahu hasn't brought it up?

Hmmm.

Then there's the retired LTC, a fellow named Fausti.

Is the US Military ready for war? The answer is yes and no. It is yes, if we are going to fight a third world force with no depth or robust economic support. Think Iraq, Yugoslavia or Panama.

If you are talking against the Russians or Chinese, the answer is definitely no.

Sorry, Steve Bannon.  Taiwan will be paying taxes to Xi very soon.

 ...1. Logistics: Erwin Rommel said that Logisticians determine the battle before it even begins. Three factors are involved here.

a. How much material, arms and weapons you have on hand?

b. How much economic/industrial capacity do you have to replace the weapons and armaments you burn up in a combat zone?

c. Last, but very important, how long are your lines of re-supply....

Think that's easy to overcome?

Read the rest of the commentary.  It is NOT easy to overcome, and then there's even more:  we can't make weapons and ammo fast enough.  Not by a long shot.

Keep your kids in college so long as Biden-in-Chief is around.