Bluez
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As I follow the images from the fighting in East Ukraine and I see how both sides carry on fighting in a harsh winterland I decided to go on a Ruck March out in the 18 F snow land outside my house.
One thing that impresses me (and should impress all of us) is the fact that the bulk of the fighting is carried my militia battalions on both sides.
On the separatists sides it is militia battalions stiffed up by russian volunteers both ex military and active military.
Kinda similar to how FREEFOR might fight in a US civil war if such a thing ever where to occur here.
The gov’t armed forces are severely weakened by desertions and very few maneuver forces remain intact compared to pre-war.
Kinda like how in a US civil war the big military would be..
Instead volunteer Battalions have been raised, for the gov’t manned by those with an ideological stake in the war..
And while in the US urban “progressives” will likely be completely ineffective and resistant to being raised, a pool of folks might be illegal immigrants in return for a promise of citizenship plus assorted La Raza activists.
If I were to write a SciFi novel thats what I would think realistic… ;-)
Anywhoo I decided to go on a road march in the ice and snow just to perform a little systems check for whats to come…
One thing that impresses me (and should impress all of us) is the fact that the bulk of the fighting is carried my militia battalions on both sides.
On the separatists sides it is militia battalions stiffed up by russian volunteers both ex military and active military.
Kinda similar to how FREEFOR might fight in a US civil war if such a thing ever where to occur here.
The gov’t armed forces are severely weakened by desertions and very few maneuver forces remain intact compared to pre-war.
Kinda like how in a US civil war the big military would be..
Instead volunteer Battalions have been raised, for the gov’t manned by those with an ideological stake in the war..
And while in the US urban “progressives” will likely be completely ineffective and resistant to being raised, a pool of folks might be illegal immigrants in return for a promise of citizenship plus assorted La Raza activists.
If I were to write a SciFi novel thats what I would think realistic… ;-)
Anywhoo I decided to go on a road march in the ice and snow just to perform a little systems check for whats to come…