Russian Threat: A Buckshee* Video

I recorded this podcast today for the MAZL podcast, which Elissa Wald runs. I know that at least one subscriber wanted me to offer a message of hope, but this sure as shootin’ ain’t it. Binyamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar ben-Gvir stood every chance of being voted into irrelevance by…

A meeting with video and in-person attendees was a ’hybrid’ meeting until we got used to it, and now it’s just a meeting. Thing is, combining high-intensity operations with lower-intensity operations and working across domains with covert operations and information operations … that’s just war. C…

This is being called Javier Milei’s sabre-rattling, and it’s an appropriate descriptor. A sabre is an effective weapon in skilled hands, but it’s absolutely useless at a range of 300 nautical miles. It’s not remarkable that Milei is going for the old Argentine wheeze of attacking the British bec…

I didn’t mention Russian nuclear attack this week because I think it’s likely. I was talking about other means of Russian attack against countries supporting Ukraine, and the UK as singled out by Russia for splitting away from Ukraine’s supporters. There was, however, a robust response to that as…