Military – Blogging Blue

Some Thoughts On The GOP Reticence to Defend Ukraine.

I have already taken a position on this on Blogging Blue: 1938 Sudetenland : 1939 Poland :: 2022 Ukraine : 2023 Poland. But given some of the comments at the GOP debate this past week, I guess I need to do it again. A friend of mine recently visited the…

Items About Certain Document Content In The Trump Indictment Just Made This Personal.

When I read a list of the subjects covered in the top secret and confidential documents that Donald Trump secreted in Mar a Lago, it got very personal for me. Other than nuclear secrets, US troop strengths, NATO alliance secrets, etc, one item stood out after a moments consideration, a…

Just A Quick Thought On Russia And The Wagner Group

well regulated militias might not always be the right answer…

Wisconsin Election Committee Chair Attempts To Disenfranchise Military Absentee Voters

There’s been a bit of a brouhaha in Wisconsin this past week over military absentee ballots. A Milwaukee Deputy Election Commissioner applied for military absentee ballots under false names and had them sent to State Representative Janel Brandtjen who chairs the Committee of Campaigns and Elections in the Wisconsin Assembly….

Fist Bump vs Military Salute?

There are a large number of anti-Biden sycophants out there trying to make hay out of Biden’s fist bump of a Saudi prince who is responsible for criminal acts against humanity. And it is something that probably shouldn’t have occurred. At least Saudi Arabia is a nominal ally at the…

What The Flock Is Wrong With The GOP? Eric Greitens is Exhibit A!

[I am in the middle of editing this post and the bile just keeps rising in my throat…jhc] This ad for Eric Greitens’ (R – Domestic Terrorist), campaign for US Senate hit the markets this past weekend and is on YouTube as I write this. I won’t be surprised if…

What Does Tom Tiffany Have Against Democracy?

Let’s see…the US Senate recently passed a bill titled Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 essentially on a voice vote of 100 – 0. Unanimous. This is modeled on a WWII program that provided weapons to the allies fighting Hitler before the United States entered the war. Given the…

And What Are They Saying About Ukraine In Finland?

from social media. leaving off name attributes to protect the innocent

Putin’s Actions May Bring Him Exactly What He Doesn’t Want

One of the points that Russian President Vladimir Putin was supposedly concerned about was the spread of NATO to nations that border Russia. Besides his desire to re-acquire the Soviet empire, he says that he feels that NATO is a threat to Russian independence. You may parse those sentiments anyway…