Friday, May 20, 2022

Micro.

This is coolbert:

"War is politics by other means." War is too important to be left to the generals." Etc.

From U.S. News & World Report by Paul D. Shinkman May 19, 2022.

Micro-management the Ukraine Conflict. Vlad takes charge?

"Putin Loses Faith in Top Generals"

"The battlefield commanders who have survived the fighting in Ukraine so far now face suspensions and firing as Putin takes greater control of decision-making in the flagging war."

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost faith in his top general and has fired other senior commanders for their high-profile and embarrassing failures on the battlefield in Ukraine, British intelligence believes."

"U.K. military intelligence reports Tuesday morning that the Kremlin has fired Lt. Gen. Serhiy Kisel, commander of the elite 1st Guards Tank Army, for failing to capture Kharkiv. International attention has focused on the strategically critical northeastern Ukrainian city in recent days following news Ukrainian forces capitalized on Russia’s retreat and had pushed the invading troops back to their border."

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And it comes amid growing belief that Putin himself is now directing the tactical decisions of his military as Russian forces continue to fail to meet their objectives, chiefly seizing control of the Ukrainian government, while facing growing pressure at home.

See from the Internet web site "Strategy Page" an interesting article micro-management of the Vietnam War by the most senior civilian governmental apparatus to include personally the President USA. The bane of the military commander widely disliked and thought often by some to be a reason [among many] for American defeat during the Second Indo-China War.

As with President Johnson in Vietnam so too now with Vlad in Ukraine?

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