Thought experiment: what if it turns out that the happy warriors for the socialist & government supremacist projects claiming aspirations of altruistic and shining ambition for the betterment of humankind were insincere and all of it was actually a gigantic grift and heist to enrich themselves as history's most successful political entrepreneurs? Once the DOGE dust settles, everyone will see the biggest heist in human history be revealed in all its excessive glory and forensically detailed splendor. It may turn out that the ideological cover of "Workers of the World Unite!" has been a...

The Wayback Machine reminds us of all past tense showing us the future. The base in Balakliya, near Kharkiv, is around 100km (60 miles) from fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the eastern oblasts (2017). 2017: “The Ukrainian SBU – the equivalent of the FBI – now believe that the destruction of a giant arms depot at Balakliya in eastern Ukraine in March was carried out by a small drone. The spectacular explosion and fire destroyed some seventy thousand tons of munitions with damage estimated at a billion dollars, though only one person was killed. This destruction is a graphic...

United States declares eight Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. This will not go well and the sophisticated ratlines, logistics enterprises and support networks will be leveraged to the highest order for retaliatory strikes in CONUS. Remember the premier human trafficking networks from the southern border for illegal entry are run by the cartels to include the entry of OTM (Other Than Mexicans) which may very well be the escort of Islamist and third country nationals with mayhem and mischief on their resumes. Everybody better buckle up with heads on a swivel and...

Here are some news items from the war on cartels. This is a very ominous development. After two weeks of US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft conducting multiple signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations along the US-Mexico border and in international waters off southern Baja California—areas controlled by heavily armed drug cartels—the Mexican Senate Commission has approved the deployment of US Special Forces operators to the country for "training missions." SOFREP's Guy D. McCardle reports that the Mexican Senate Commission has already approved the US Army's 7th...

The IED nonsense continues at professional military education institutions as the zampolits flee for cover. "The Engagement, Retention, and Equal Opportunity directly supports the Naval Academy's Strategic Imperative One: To recruit, admit, and graduate a diverse and talented Brigade of Midshipmen.” https://www.usna.edu/Engagement/staff/index.php DEI under a new rubric. Fire every head of the military academies and offer them a choice: teach the warrior basics or be defunded and demolished in one week. Email me at cgpodcast@pm.me

New WarNotes Podcast episode is live Monday 17 February 2025. The age of the infantry is over after a thousands-year long reign in human warfare and conflict. The next 75 years in the 21st century will put paid to an august and enduring institution in human conflict. The combination of salvo competition, reduced costs of combat UAS munitions, targeting of exquisite platforms, intelligence/reconnaissance/surveillance (ISR) ubiquity, and anti-fragility/fragility are some of the factors informing this demise. There is no longer near peer competition and there is only peer competition, you will...

A declaration of the University of the Intuitively Obvious. Spicy times ahead. My Substack   Email me at cgpodcast@pm.me