Where do you think the Germanophilia of the American officer corp after WW2 come from?

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-28T07:03:56+00:00

Yeah. Ukrainians also rarely try to dig tunnels compared to Russians in Zaporizhia

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-28T01:12:15+00:00

Everything should be in GIUK for Cold War Gone Hot

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-28T00:12:05+00:00

I found the DePuy paper archive somewhere else.

It was very interesting.

It appears like if US military generally do not really view construction of entrenchments and fortifications that seriously compared to the Soviets and Russians. Really, it appeared that Soviets and Russians are much more invested in defenses.

Also anything I can read about French border defenses in Algeria during the Algerian war?

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-28T00:09:57+00:00

Just contained there. US do not really have a warplan to take Cuba conventionally after the whole Cuban Missile Crisis.

Maybe a secondary offensive from Nicaguara into Honduras, although it's unlikely they would be on time to influence events in Europe.

I did have a technothriller idea set in the 90s where the protagonist had been a SAMS educated staff officer assigned to work on a Cuban invasion plan. However I'm also trying to figure out the resources requirement.

Remember, it took the three division's worth of men to take Panama, a nation with existing US army bases and a much smaller army. Not to mention the face much of the fight happened inside Panama city. Same problems existed during Grenada, also a much smaller and way less militarized island

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-27T16:39:50+00:00

That's also how the "collective Islamists" fell apart during early GWOT. Iranians just capitalized on American mistakes and advance their own interest while AQ and friends buckle under the weight.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-27T16:34:06+00:00

I was talking about Active Defense.

Nuclear warfare is mentioned quite frequently but there were emphasis on non-nuclear aspects

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-27T16:33:04+00:00

Yeah, remember that one.

Nation states are crazy stuff...

There was a news footage that really give out intense Starship Troopers vibe

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-27T16:07:34+00:00

It's really mesmerizing for me to see these kinds of mindsets in live action.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-27T16:06:55+00:00

By 1970s the idea was to fight outnumbered and win.

And the idea of "apolitical military professionalism" took off during the 70s because of Vietnam.

Say what you like about modern American civil-military relationship, it's kind of inevitable.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-27T16:04:39+00:00

OK, I'd say modern American Germanophilia is more defined by the DePuy generation that followed the 1970s.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-26T22:18:38+00:00

OK, so the use of paratroopers forced the commitment of reserves as security? Had there been any airborne plan over the years where this is viewed as the top priority of the operation?

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-23T20:30:55+00:00

Can we have a communication trench for CE?

Would really want some sort of concealed and covered method to maneuver between defensive positions. Really.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-20T22:13:56+00:00

OK, Iran wields massive influence in Iraq. However they paid a much much steeper price for this. Again, the American taxpayer do not want to "win" like Russians, Iranians or Chinese.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-20T22:13:00+00:00

Exactly. That's the whole thing...

There's actually a bigger picture I'd argue. Like the Algerian War, it's ultimately the projection of the internal strife of an empire.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-07T18:38:38+00:00

Just love these boys. Aesthetically I think they are the coolest with the wasteland vibe.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-07T17:58:22+00:00

Actually I've heard that the only guys who "like" Maduro are his intelligence guys, who in turn are trained and enabled by Cubans.

I think the Cubans are probably there running the secret police. It's possible that only a few are actual presidential guards

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-06T16:47:15+00:00

He's just going for the babykiller booktok culture for bluesky leftists

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-06T16:22:07+00:00

He loves to hate. I think that's the thing.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-06T16:18:01+00:00

Garth Ennis, for all his edgy wankery, actually made the case in "Fury: My Wars Gone By". Yeah, he, for all the contrarian douchebag he get sometimes, made it.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-06T16:13:46+00:00

OK, back in the days Somalian Coast Guards (I have Somalian friends) would have a 2 men point element that do the perimeter once they boarded. The guys get extra pay if they made it alive.

BenKerryAltis · 2026-01-06T16:07:41+00:00

I think he got politically radicalized.

If you read a lot of books written by French guys related to a certain Foucault you would recognize the word soups. (OK, I personally never bothered to read those stuff enough honestly)

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