The Russians had roughly twice the number of Georgian forces. Friendly fire certainly happens, but the US incidents occur at a much lower.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who has read about the tactical blunders of the Russians in Georgia. I have gotten dozens of responses telling me that I’m an idiot, Russia won that conflict. As you seem to understand, my point was that their forces used outdated maneuvers and lacked the coordination and precision…

That’s not a great analogy. Juarez is adjacent to US territory, and in very close proximity to US military installations. There are also no Chechens in Juarez.

Sorry if my language was a bit hyperbolic. Yes, the Russians completely achieved their strategic goals in a matter of days. During individual engagements though, their tactical achievements left a lot to be desired. In almost every engagement, the Georgian forces inflicted higher casualties than they received. Russian…

I can’t stand Trump.

Sorry if my language was a bit hyperbolic. Yes, the Russians completely achieved their strategic goals in a matter of days. During individual engagements though, their tactical achievements left a lot to be desired. In almost every engagement, the Georgian forces inflicted higher casualties than they received. Russian…

If you read pretty much any reputable analysis of the conflict, all agree that the Russian forces performed quite poorly considering their significant advantage in numbers, quality of equipment, and element of surprise. The conflict only lasted for five days but in that time the Russians lost 70 men and 6 aircraft, 3…

The Russian government may not be close to shutting down, but they are looking towards a permanent economic contraction. The sanctions have resulted in long-term issues in the Russian energy sector. Arctic drilling expeditions have been abandoned and put on hold until at least 2020. Gazprom can’t afford to build the…

I hope you’re just trying to play the devil’s advocate here. None of the airstrikes performed by the eleven nation coalition that is led by the US have targeted Assad’s forces. On the contrary, they are hitting Assad’s enemies. If the Russian’s decided to fire on any coalition aircraft for violating Syrian airspace,…

How did Bush let thousands of Americans die on 9/11? What exactly was he supposed to do to prevent the attacks? Don’t bother getting into Katrina, since you have no idea how any president other than Bush would have handled the deadliest and costliest Hurricane since Galveston in 1900.

So Lee, who in your opinion is doing a good job playing the geopolitical game?

While I’m not crazy about all those combat aircraft, what really bothers me is the Pantsir-S1 SAM systems. Nobody is engaging Assad’s forces with aircraft. The only reason these were deployed is to deny this airspace to our allies. It only increases the chances of a war provoking accident. And if the Russians get…

On the verge, probably not. But not that far off either. Someone will come up with a genetically modified algae that will secrete usable hydrocarbons as a byproduct. Infrastructure isn’t really an issue, refined hydrocarbons are already shipped all over the country. It will probably start out as a fuel additive like…

We Southerners will settle for the most fertile land in the country, 10 of the top 15 ports, the mouth of the Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana oil and gas fields, and we can make our new capital Houston (the fastest growing major city in the US).

It’s not a great idea to shoot a tractor driver while the tractor is in gear. It’s just gonna keep on plowing through until someone can hop on and put it in neutral. Those tires are inches thick and bullets aren’t gonna stop that overbuilt engine.

The US president’s power is much more limited than the president of the PRC. But because he is the president of the United States, even his limited authority dwarfs that of Xi Jinping. China has a long way to go to reach superpower status.

Sanders is taking positions that are deemed very liberal by most of the US electorate. He’s running for president of the United States, not Denmark. To most Americans, Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio’s policy positions are serious and adult. I don’t see how Bernie Sanders can ever shift center enough to win the general…

It often adds to their “hidden agenda” conspiracy argument. And if these people have kids, shaming them has the potential to do serious damage.

A few of these candidates (Kasich and Jeb) will shift toward the center during the general election. It would be a pretty tight race between Bush and Clinton or Bush and Biden. Bernie doesn’t stand a chance in the general election. Way too liberal for most Americans.

Willingness to talk does not mean successful negotiations. Clinton didn’t really excel at diplomacy. And then she advocated dropping bombs in Libya, and that turned out great. Sanders foreign policy plans are pretty much a carbon copy of Obama’s, and I don’t think those are working out that well.