General Cavoli is the commander of United States European Command (EUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He’s highly educated, with a BA from Princeton and MA from Yale, and specialized in Russia: He entered the Russian Foreign Area Officer program in 1995, and graduated from Yale University with a Master of Arts in Russian and East European Studies in 1997.
Hello Simplicius, excellent synopsis of the video here. If you haven't reviewed already, I'd recommend reading the blog and the watching the youtube videos of former Soviet naval officer Andrey Martyanov. He breaks down quite a bit of military actions at the operational and doctrinal level and it would be interesting to see your take on his views. He regularly debunks western pol-sci journos, think-tank analysts, bureaucrats, and politicians as well with his usual blunt and unrestrained Russian humor. Cheers!
Late in the day, 42 degrees North, 123 West. I am awake, not woke. Puppets, comes to mind. The marionette type. Something about the terminology…woman-child, man-child. Delayed development, arrested cognition. GodSpeed, Mother Russia💙🇷🇺❤️
ITS ALL OVER. USA military now starting to come to grips with REALITY. TRUTH. Russia is obliterating Ukraine military. 750 KIA's yesterday, 6 air defense systems destroyed. It will only get worse for Ukraine from here. We will go to 1,000 KIA's per day very soon. It is a BEATDOWN. As I have said before, you can ignore the truth, but you cannot ignore the consequences of the truth. USA military now staring at the consequences of the truth. The world is changing rapidly now, very rapidly. Biden will disappear by end of this year. Are you positioned to prosper from what is coming?
I thank Simplicius for his excellent highlighting of the ways and means of the deep state.
Even more, I congratulate Simplicius for employing, for the first time in my reading history, the word "freight" as an active verb:
"The reason this absurd scene had me gobsmacked is because of how it gives a frighteningly eye-opening look behind the walls of power, and freights us with the realization that we are being led by actual craven, juvenile, and low-intelligence man-children and woman-children."
this exchange is some of the problems uncovered reviewing why things went so badly in the pacific in 1941 and early 1942. the scarcity of shells is partly representative of an american military disdain for logistics.
send f-16 to some field in ukraine and see how long it takes for them all to be grounded and a few fall out of the sky for a critical break on the plane.
here is a ditty (been around the us military since ww ii) about the subject of us logistics:
Logisticians are a sad and embittered race of men who are very much in demand in war, and who sink resentfully into obscurity in peace. They deal only in facts, but must work for men who merchant in theories. They emerge during war because war is very much a fact. They disappear in peace because peace is mostly theory. The people who merchant in theories, and who employ logisticians in war and ignore them in peace, are generals.
Generals are a happily blessed race who radiate confidence and power. They feed only on ambrosia and drink only nectar. In peace, they stride confidently and can invade a world simply by sweeping their hands grandly over a map, pointing their fingers decisively up terrain corridors, and blocking defiles and obstacles with the sides of their hands. In war, they must stride more slowly because each general has a logistician riding on his back and he knows that, at any moment, the logistician may lean forward and whisper: “No, you can’t do that.” Generals fear logisticians in war and in peace, generals try to forget logisticians.
looking at gao report on tactical aircraft readiness the f-16 failed to meet budgeted readiness the past 11 years you can presume why the generals are not hot to send it to a peer level war.
Apr 28, 2023·edited Apr 28, 2023Liked by Simplicius
Every single one of those Congress Critters upon appointment to that committee has had a visit from the Men In Black from No Such Agency bearing the two brown paper envelopes: one containing evidence of crimes they have already committed and the other containing evidence of crimes they *will* be fitted up with if they don't henceforth toe the various lines.
Eunuchs. At least at Byzantium and Beijing the Eunuchs held real power.
I would split out academics, think tanks, and politicians (the incompetents) from the DoD and Pentagon planners (the competents). I'm not sure where to place US Generals, some in one camp, some in the other.
My guess is the first group simply refuses to listen to the second group, ie they believe their own b******t.
"... Once again this proves how utterly unqualified American generals, planners, military ‘experts’, and think-tankers were in ever estimating a near-peer type of conflict. ..."
Russia has been somewhat luckier because their military is designed for a Western European facing conflict, and designed to combat one enemy: a NATO ground force invasion supported primarily by air and space assets.
At some point in the "several decades-out" future that may change as the global balance of power shifts.
With respect to driving defense spending higher, this is a political play so the Congressman can go back to his district and say "there's more money coming down the pike, even if we win."
"... Conveniently, he adds this will now ‘drive defense spending higher.’ ..."
Bear in mind the US has started its election cycle, and nobody wants to tell their constituents there's no more money coming., ie separate the political theater from what may happen the day after elections are concluded.
That was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. World War 3 is clearly underway where it counts, and within the world's 2nd largest nuclear power, nobody is in charge or even aware of events.
Meanwhile, if the idiots in Congress DO get their way and war is declared on the cartels, I'm not sure I'd give this USA Skinsuit even 5 years as a going concern. Not sure how to feel about that one - but the Cartel Wars are likewise here already in the USA, even if many are characteristically ignorant. They WILL ramp up going forward.
Grab the popcorn, pull out your guitars, and practice those Narcorridos, everyone.
Apr 28, 2023·edited Apr 28, 2023Liked by Simplicius
You need lots of weapons to fight lots of war, what a revelation! I guess Iron Man and the Avengers wont be riding in to the rescue in a future war. But on the bright side, lots of nice defence spending to buy new yacht over the coming years, so the Scandinavian luxury shipbuilding industry will have good revenues
Like your analysis. Basically the generals and bureaucrats who testify know the Congressional Idiots don’t have access to any real data, since it is all classified and compartmentalized. They know these representatives are just ego slime who want to look good to the people who elected them to do a job that they are too lazy and fearful of doing. They obey party orders and instructions. I was too nauseated and angered by it to watch the entire hearing.
The bureaucrats are polite as they as ask for more money. They probably are coached on double speak and talking without releasing any information. That ability to talk nonsense goes on their resume. After the meeting they laugh and celebrate about fooling the committee once again.
And the idiots nod their heads pretending they understand something. An average intelligent person on a committee should do their own research and not rely on witnesses to educate them about the war, but not these worthless critters who are just in it for the high salary. It’s embarrassing to watch them as if they are first graders listening to a teacher instead of being knowledgeable enough to ask insightful questions in providing oversight. It is also the fault of inattentive voters who elect stupid, soulless, spineless people to represent them. Every single department in our government is run by people who get promoted beyond their competence level. We are going to have to wipe the slate clean and start over sometime in the near future. Maybe losing the war will be a good time to drain the swamp.
Also, no mention by any of the congressmen about the gun powder factory with which the military depends for much of its munitions in Minden, LA blowing up.
"After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the Roman Emperor. Beginning with the first emperor, Augustus, the Emperor and the Senate were technically two co-equal branches of government. In practice, however, the actual authority of the imperial Senate was negligible, as the Emperor held the true power of the state. As such, membership in the senate became sought after by individuals seeking prestige and social standing, rather than actual authority."
That's from Wikipedia about the Senate during the Roman Empire.
Basically just change "After the fall of the Roman Republic" to "After the assassination of JFK" and change "Augustus" or "the Emperor" to "the US deep state" and it's all perfectly true.
They didn't disband the Roman Senate, they just took away all their power quietly.
When they killed an elected President on a major American street, in broad daylight, packed full of people, with no repercussions, the US stopped functionally being a republic or democracy.
Hello Simplicius, excellent synopsis of the video here. If you haven't reviewed already, I'd recommend reading the blog and the watching the youtube videos of former Soviet naval officer Andrey Martyanov. He breaks down quite a bit of military actions at the operational and doctrinal level and it would be interesting to see your take on his views. He regularly debunks western pol-sci journos, think-tank analysts, bureaucrats, and politicians as well with his usual blunt and unrestrained Russian humor. Cheers!
Late in the day, 42 degrees North, 123 West. I am awake, not woke. Puppets, comes to mind. The marionette type. Something about the terminology…woman-child, man-child. Delayed development, arrested cognition. GodSpeed, Mother Russia💙🇷🇺❤️
Of course the American leadership are hypocrites. The question is what is Russia proposing to do about it.
Thank you for watching this and giving your valuable assessment.
I wasn’t strong enough at this time to stomach it.
I don’t have the words to communicate how loathsome and repulsive are these kind of humans.
I don’t know have any idea how we can get rid of this infestation or if it’s even possible.
But I know, in fact I’m sure of it,they’re gonna completely and absolutely destroy the country to a point no return if they aren’t some how removed.
ITS ALL OVER. USA military now starting to come to grips with REALITY. TRUTH. Russia is obliterating Ukraine military. 750 KIA's yesterday, 6 air defense systems destroyed. It will only get worse for Ukraine from here. We will go to 1,000 KIA's per day very soon. It is a BEATDOWN. As I have said before, you can ignore the truth, but you cannot ignore the consequences of the truth. USA military now staring at the consequences of the truth. The world is changing rapidly now, very rapidly. Biden will disappear by end of this year. Are you positioned to prosper from what is coming?
I thank Simplicius for his excellent highlighting of the ways and means of the deep state.
Even more, I congratulate Simplicius for employing, for the first time in my reading history, the word "freight" as an active verb:
"The reason this absurd scene had me gobsmacked is because of how it gives a frighteningly eye-opening look behind the walls of power, and freights us with the realization that we are being led by actual craven, juvenile, and low-intelligence man-children and woman-children."
Kudos, magister!
this exchange is some of the problems uncovered reviewing why things went so badly in the pacific in 1941 and early 1942. the scarcity of shells is partly representative of an american military disdain for logistics.
send f-16 to some field in ukraine and see how long it takes for them all to be grounded and a few fall out of the sky for a critical break on the plane.
here is a ditty (been around the us military since ww ii) about the subject of us logistics:
Logisticians are a sad and embittered race of men who are very much in demand in war, and who sink resentfully into obscurity in peace. They deal only in facts, but must work for men who merchant in theories. They emerge during war because war is very much a fact. They disappear in peace because peace is mostly theory. The people who merchant in theories, and who employ logisticians in war and ignore them in peace, are generals.
Generals are a happily blessed race who radiate confidence and power. They feed only on ambrosia and drink only nectar. In peace, they stride confidently and can invade a world simply by sweeping their hands grandly over a map, pointing their fingers decisively up terrain corridors, and blocking defiles and obstacles with the sides of their hands. In war, they must stride more slowly because each general has a logistician riding on his back and he knows that, at any moment, the logistician may lean forward and whisper: “No, you can’t do that.” Generals fear logisticians in war and in peace, generals try to forget logisticians.
looking at gao report on tactical aircraft readiness the f-16 failed to meet budgeted readiness the past 11 years you can presume why the generals are not hot to send it to a peer level war.
Every single one of those Congress Critters upon appointment to that committee has had a visit from the Men In Black from No Such Agency bearing the two brown paper envelopes: one containing evidence of crimes they have already committed and the other containing evidence of crimes they *will* be fitted up with if they don't henceforth toe the various lines.
Eunuchs. At least at Byzantium and Beijing the Eunuchs held real power.
I would split out academics, think tanks, and politicians (the incompetents) from the DoD and Pentagon planners (the competents). I'm not sure where to place US Generals, some in one camp, some in the other.
My guess is the first group simply refuses to listen to the second group, ie they believe their own b******t.
"... Once again this proves how utterly unqualified American generals, planners, military ‘experts’, and think-tankers were in ever estimating a near-peer type of conflict. ..."
Russia has been somewhat luckier because their military is designed for a Western European facing conflict, and designed to combat one enemy: a NATO ground force invasion supported primarily by air and space assets.
At some point in the "several decades-out" future that may change as the global balance of power shifts.
With respect to driving defense spending higher, this is a political play so the Congressman can go back to his district and say "there's more money coming down the pike, even if we win."
"... Conveniently, he adds this will now ‘drive defense spending higher.’ ..."
Bear in mind the US has started its election cycle, and nobody wants to tell their constituents there's no more money coming., ie separate the political theater from what may happen the day after elections are concluded.
That was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. World War 3 is clearly underway where it counts, and within the world's 2nd largest nuclear power, nobody is in charge or even aware of events.
Meanwhile, if the idiots in Congress DO get their way and war is declared on the cartels, I'm not sure I'd give this USA Skinsuit even 5 years as a going concern. Not sure how to feel about that one - but the Cartel Wars are likewise here already in the USA, even if many are characteristically ignorant. They WILL ramp up going forward.
Grab the popcorn, pull out your guitars, and practice those Narcorridos, everyone.
I did watch part of this and thought it looked pretty bad. After reading your well laid out synopsis of this charade, I realized it was even worse.
You need lots of weapons to fight lots of war, what a revelation! I guess Iron Man and the Avengers wont be riding in to the rescue in a future war. But on the bright side, lots of nice defence spending to buy new yacht over the coming years, so the Scandinavian luxury shipbuilding industry will have good revenues
Like your analysis. Basically the generals and bureaucrats who testify know the Congressional Idiots don’t have access to any real data, since it is all classified and compartmentalized. They know these representatives are just ego slime who want to look good to the people who elected them to do a job that they are too lazy and fearful of doing. They obey party orders and instructions. I was too nauseated and angered by it to watch the entire hearing.
The bureaucrats are polite as they as ask for more money. They probably are coached on double speak and talking without releasing any information. That ability to talk nonsense goes on their resume. After the meeting they laugh and celebrate about fooling the committee once again.
And the idiots nod their heads pretending they understand something. An average intelligent person on a committee should do their own research and not rely on witnesses to educate them about the war, but not these worthless critters who are just in it for the high salary. It’s embarrassing to watch them as if they are first graders listening to a teacher instead of being knowledgeable enough to ask insightful questions in providing oversight. It is also the fault of inattentive voters who elect stupid, soulless, spineless people to represent them. Every single department in our government is run by people who get promoted beyond their competence level. We are going to have to wipe the slate clean and start over sometime in the near future. Maybe losing the war will be a good time to drain the swamp.
Also, no mention by any of the congressmen about the gun powder factory with which the military depends for much of its munitions in Minden, LA blowing up.
"After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the Roman Emperor. Beginning with the first emperor, Augustus, the Emperor and the Senate were technically two co-equal branches of government. In practice, however, the actual authority of the imperial Senate was negligible, as the Emperor held the true power of the state. As such, membership in the senate became sought after by individuals seeking prestige and social standing, rather than actual authority."
That's from Wikipedia about the Senate during the Roman Empire.
Basically just change "After the fall of the Roman Republic" to "After the assassination of JFK" and change "Augustus" or "the Emperor" to "the US deep state" and it's all perfectly true.
They didn't disband the Roman Senate, they just took away all their power quietly.
When they killed an elected President on a major American street, in broad daylight, packed full of people, with no repercussions, the US stopped functionally being a republic or democracy.