A number of commentators raised real alarm over Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty. We discussed this briefly at After Vilnius, Rumors Of Wars. I offer further perspective on this from two perceptive commentators because of the light their comments shed on the current strategic position the American Empire finds itself in, along with its vassal states in Europe. Read their remarks in connection with Seymour Hersh’s observations on the disarray within the Zhou regime, brought on by the disastrous Neocon crusade against Russia.
Do you folks see why I have nothing but anger for the fed gov., why aren't OUR troops protecting OUR borders? I have almost as much anger for Governor incremental, aka Greg Abbott!
Texas has a deep state, swamp, big donor problem. Texas' powers that be don't like Paxton, their attempted primary election defenestration of Paxton failed miserably, so plan B was hatched by the controllers of the awful speaker of the TX House and his minions. Many nominal Republicans in Texas are really Dem's, they can't get elected as D's, so they run as R's, gullible voters fall for their masquerade almost every time.
We are not putting ground pounding grunts in Russia or anywhere near there. Sure, there may be some in areas close but anyone who thinks we’re going toe to toe with Russia is crazy. We don’t have a military to support such an endeavor and certainly don’t have a public that would support it. These morons in DC may think they can do something like that but they’re in cloud cuckoo land.
Shyrver and Big Serge are right. We had 4 IRR guys in Kunar in 2010 who were professional but also very not happy to have their lives upended years after they'd left active duty and sent back to the Stan (to add insult to injury they were recalled to active duty within 6 months of finishing their 8 year enlistment). They were recalled in 2009 at the tail end of a period in which the Army and Marine Corps faced an acute manpower shortage. And that was after mobilizing every National Guard Brigade.
"People have lost their perspective." How many of those people have high positions in Western governments?
"The jig is up. They know it. But they never gave much thought to the possibility of the outcome now presented to them. Faced with two unthinkable options, they are utterly befuddled, and know not what to do. It is a very dangerous situation, to be sure."
Seems true. This kind of thing happens when you have nurtured a very tenuous connection with reality for awhile.
If the US military was meeting its recruiting goals which it has missed for the last two years - except to fill in the shortfall with delayed entry recruits brought in early to try and meet goal - it would not be calling up reservists to fill active-duty billets. That just doesn't happen. It takes time to get reservists up to speed as well, even individual ready reservists being tossed into units they likely have never operated with before.
So, my view is this is a band-aid to fix a manpower shortage. Perhaps to allow for some of the regular army personnel to roll back to CONUS. During Gulf War 2, the navy took over the army's customs duties function for those personnel departing the theater, calling up inactive reservists to form about 300 personnel rotating battalions to perform the mission. The army was scraping the bottom of the barrel back then for manpower in an all-volunteer force shooting war.
Correct. They double down. Look at all the Woke companies. When they realise that their main target market hates their evil Woke "values", some have the sense to back down, but it's amazing how many jump in even further.
…as in Larry Fink, who admitted in an interview (sorry, I can’t recall with whom) that he doesn’t use the term ESG anymore - it’s a non-starter (no wampum). Furthermore he’s adamant we still need fossil fuels, along with innovation, to power the economy. Signs that the woke/broke chickens are coming home to roost?
"Ideological wishful thinking, divorced from reality" has been the M.O. in all big government for at least 15 years, right?
You could probably take it quite a bit further back, but the chickens coming home to roost weren't apparent till later.
So I hear! Thank you for pulling back the curtain....
Meanwhile back in the "homeland" this crap goes on:
https://vdare.com/posts/secession-crisis-brewing-at-ranch-in-texas-where-texas-dps-battles-border-patrol
Do you folks see why I have nothing but anger for the fed gov., why aren't OUR troops protecting OUR borders? I have almost as much anger for Governor incremental, aka Greg Abbott!
Abbot and company are attempting to shiv A.G. Paxton for some reason I am not aware.
Texas has a deep state, swamp, big donor problem. Texas' powers that be don't like Paxton, their attempted primary election defenestration of Paxton failed miserably, so plan B was hatched by the controllers of the awful speaker of the TX House and his minions. Many nominal Republicans in Texas are really Dem's, they can't get elected as D's, so they run as R's, gullible voters fall for their masquerade almost every time.
We are not putting ground pounding grunts in Russia or anywhere near there. Sure, there may be some in areas close but anyone who thinks we’re going toe to toe with Russia is crazy. We don’t have a military to support such an endeavor and certainly don’t have a public that would support it. These morons in DC may think they can do something like that but they’re in cloud cuckoo land.
Shyrver and Big Serge are right. We had 4 IRR guys in Kunar in 2010 who were professional but also very not happy to have their lives upended years after they'd left active duty and sent back to the Stan (to add insult to injury they were recalled to active duty within 6 months of finishing their 8 year enlistment). They were recalled in 2009 at the tail end of a period in which the Army and Marine Corps faced an acute manpower shortage. And that was after mobilizing every National Guard Brigade.
"People have lost their perspective." How many of those people have high positions in Western governments?
"The jig is up. They know it. But they never gave much thought to the possibility of the outcome now presented to them. Faced with two unthinkable options, they are utterly befuddled, and know not what to do. It is a very dangerous situation, to be sure."
Seems true. This kind of thing happens when you have nurtured a very tenuous connection with reality for awhile.
Oops. https://youtu.be/x6ImjHRBjeQ
Erdogan push back?
Interesting. Not surprising about Erdogan. "Nobody trusts or likes Biden." Huh, who'd have thunk it? Thanks for the link.
Does anyone currently on the world stage trust or like anyone else? At this point they're like a toxic sorority.
https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1157581892771876865#m
Lol!!! Perfect summary!
Thanks for the insights, very good.
If the US military was meeting its recruiting goals which it has missed for the last two years - except to fill in the shortfall with delayed entry recruits brought in early to try and meet goal - it would not be calling up reservists to fill active-duty billets. That just doesn't happen. It takes time to get reservists up to speed as well, even individual ready reservists being tossed into units they likely have never operated with before.
So, my view is this is a band-aid to fix a manpower shortage. Perhaps to allow for some of the regular army personnel to roll back to CONUS. During Gulf War 2, the navy took over the army's customs duties function for those personnel departing the theater, calling up inactive reservists to form about 300 personnel rotating battalions to perform the mission. The army was scraping the bottom of the barrel back then for manpower in an all-volunteer force shooting war.
The neocons' bluff has been called.
"It has been overrun by ideological wishful thinking, divorced from reality."
True.
Then reality will have to be changed.
Why go back to Desert Storm?
We have/had a sharply-honed blade after 15-20 years in the ME, 'stans, and elsewhere.
But, in the main your point is correct, imo, the USMil could still do a lot off damage if called into action.
But, the rot in the force is manifest.
Correct. They double down. Look at all the Woke companies. When they realise that their main target market hates their evil Woke "values", some have the sense to back down, but it's amazing how many jump in even further.
…as in Larry Fink, who admitted in an interview (sorry, I can’t recall with whom) that he doesn’t use the term ESG anymore - it’s a non-starter (no wampum). Furthermore he’s adamant we still need fossil fuels, along with innovation, to power the economy. Signs that the woke/broke chickens are coming home to roost?
As ever, reality wins.