Well, I’m hoping that when my donation makes its way by snail mail to the plunder chest, that it will ger the bar moving.
In the meantime I’ll have a shot of rum at the bar, thank’ee kindly.
Interesting approach by Israel to simplify the inventory of military ‘leaders’ in iran..
Nobody in the ME above the level of assistant camel wanker will travel anywhere without taking several cars of armed guards with them, so they just watched these little convoys to see which of the ‘secret’ bunkers the generals were gathering in ther masses in then, once enouigh had gathered, blew it up.
Well thought out but that kind of success it brings it’s own problem, which is why it was never used in WW2. The various nazi leaders were screwing things up on their own, like hitler refusing to allow production of the new sturmgewehr rifle because he’d carried a bolt action mauser in WW1 and that was good enough for anyone, plus tinkering with tank designs so germany ended up witha handful of ‘heavy’ tanks that usually didn’t make it to the battlefield without breaking down, instead of tens of thousands of M-4 and T-34’s that were far more reliable and won by sheer numbers.
The Luftwaffe didn’t do much better, with goerring flat out refusing to allow production of the ME-262 at the start of the war and insisting for several years that prop planes were all that was needed, then demanding the jets be adapted for air-ground bombing which they were pretty much useless at. There might not have been a B-17 or Lanc flying if they had to face fifty squadrons of high speed jets armed with rockets and 30mm cannon that could down any heavy bomber in a single pass.
The true danger lies in the inherent corruption and patronage of ME society where all of iran’s senior military commanders were appointed largely, if not solely, on their loyalty to the leader or family favours and when enough of them are removed then eventually they’ll have to start coming from the non politically connected staff and they might end up with someone competent.
The old saying goes “when your adversary is making mistakes, let him”.
We have the same problem with the vast majority of politically appointed executives and managers being put in place based not on what they can do but on what they WILL do, and any competent ones with respect for the citizenry they’re working for sacrificed to the media as scapegoats for things they tried to stop.
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Aw Jeez.
I do not want to lose this unique place.
Chris: Is it possible to send an email to each of your multitude of subscribers?
I am retired on SS, but I could help with typing and sending notes. Some folks need personal wake-ups.
Well, I’m hoping that when my donation makes its way by snail mail to the plunder chest, that it will ger the bar moving.
In the meantime I’ll have a shot of rum at the bar, thank’ee kindly.
It comes down to the mail-in votes again ?
Occasionally names will appear on
this column with pertinent remarks,
and hopefully they will become
permanent.
Again, hopefully, they will appreciate
the ability to intercommunicate with
a bunch of old Bastids (and some
young) who have seen a thing or two.
So cmon send in a few $ and keep
Chris`s writing hand, and Intelect
going on into another year.
“Halfway we be not of the half we make way of, we…”
As Admiral Biden once said.
25 Common Doubloons would be a good purse to relinquish. Stand to!
Interesting approach by Israel to simplify the inventory of military ‘leaders’ in iran..
Nobody in the ME above the level of assistant camel wanker will travel anywhere without taking several cars of armed guards with them, so they just watched these little convoys to see which of the ‘secret’ bunkers the generals were gathering in ther masses in then, once enouigh had gathered, blew it up.
Well thought out but that kind of success it brings it’s own problem, which is why it was never used in WW2. The various nazi leaders were screwing things up on their own, like hitler refusing to allow production of the new sturmgewehr rifle because he’d carried a bolt action mauser in WW1 and that was good enough for anyone, plus tinkering with tank designs so germany ended up witha handful of ‘heavy’ tanks that usually didn’t make it to the battlefield without breaking down, instead of tens of thousands of M-4 and T-34’s that were far more reliable and won by sheer numbers.
The Luftwaffe didn’t do much better, with goerring flat out refusing to allow production of the ME-262 at the start of the war and insisting for several years that prop planes were all that was needed, then demanding the jets be adapted for air-ground bombing which they were pretty much useless at. There might not have been a B-17 or Lanc flying if they had to face fifty squadrons of high speed jets armed with rockets and 30mm cannon that could down any heavy bomber in a single pass.
The true danger lies in the inherent corruption and patronage of ME society where all of iran’s senior military commanders were appointed largely, if not solely, on their loyalty to the leader or family favours and when enough of them are removed then eventually they’ll have to start coming from the non politically connected staff and they might end up with someone competent.
The old saying goes “when your adversary is making mistakes, let him”.
We have the same problem with the vast majority of politically appointed executives and managers being put in place based not on what they can do but on what they WILL do, and any competent ones with respect for the citizenry they’re working for sacrificed to the media as scapegoats for things they tried to stop.