“Instead of ending the podcast, please continue with “war college” case studies of the current nations’ successful, failed, and unresolved historical conflicts (history, end state desired/achievable, DIME, center of gravity, tactical/operational/strategic):
China/PRC: ongoing disputes with Taiwan/ROC, India, Philippines, Japan, US, and overseas expansion.
History: Western colonialism, Japan/WWII, Civil, Tibet, Korea/US/UN, USSR border, Vietnam-Cambodia, Hong Kong,
USSR/Russia: Crimea/Ukraine, other breakaway republics Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, US/NATO, expansion in the Middle East & Africa.
History: expansion, Ottoman, Japan, WWI, Civil, Poland, Finland, WWII, Cold-US/NATO (Korea, Hungry, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Afghanistan), PRC border, Chechnya, Baltic countries, Georgia.
Israel: Iran & (Iran, Turkey, Qatar) funded proxies.
History: Independence, Arab/PLO wars, (Arab/Iran/ Turkey funded) Palestine terrorist groups.
Iran: Israel, Yemen.
History: Revolution, US, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia.
Korea/North Korea: South Korea (UN/US), Japan.
History: China, Japan, South Korea (UN/US).
What is the “grand strategy” of US “counter productive” allies: Turkey (Muslim Brotherhood, anti-NATO/Israel), Pakistan (military intelligence service support of Taliban), UN?
US: foreign/domestic enemy or federal mismanagement at war with rule of law/ Constitution using course of actions such as: reopening & inability to close porous borders (illegal immigration/drug deaths), hacking of critical infrastructure, domestic riots (BLM/Antifa, Jan 6th & pro-Hamas/anti-Jewish), DEI/tribalism, reducing sanctions & US payments to Iran - a known state sponsor of terrorism, reversing energy independence & draining of national crude oil reserve?”
another RJF via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/27/24