Ukraine ping
MacGregor obviously has a distinguished military record. But his crystal ball is cloudy and yet another illustration of the Yogi Berra truism “Predictions are hard, especially about the future”. Like most people on all sides of the conflict, at the outset, he predicted a Russian victory in days or, at worst, weeks.
Instead of repeating ad nauseam Russian hopes for victory, it would be nice if he could explore the nuts and bolts of individual engagements, not as cheerleader, but as dispassionate analyst. Of course, the problem is that his pro-Ruasian audience tunes in not for edification, but for encouragement. They are looking for hosannas describing Russia’s inevitable triumph, not neutral, dry as dust enumerations of the factors that resulted in seesaw battles where the same hamlets changed hands repeatedly over the course of months, even years. So he gives them what they want, and we get these hallelujah choruses about how Russian victory is all but written in the stars.
Well put.
MacGregor was the planner for Weasely Clark’s bombing of civilians in Belgrade during the Kosovo war. He has lots of innocent blood on his hands and, like his Mentor, is one of the Butchers of Belgrade.