Would We Do Better? Hubris and Validation in Ukraine.

This is worth reading because it’s the only article I’ve seen so far that is critical of Ukraine’s military efforts that just isn’t a repetition of Russian propaganda. This person actually knows what he is talking about and understands both Russian doctrine, the American military’s drawbacks, the difference between peer wars and guerrilla wars, and the nature of modern combat.

Ian Welsh and people like him are useless because they just spout unexamined Russian propaganda* — many people seem to love that, but it’s not for me. Leftists and libs seem to particularly adore Russian disinformation for some reason.

Anyway, it’s a good analysis though I don’t agree with it all.

*It doesn’t matter if Welsh is right or wrong; propaganda isn’t actually thinking, which is what I care about. Being right because the propaganda you’re rebroadcasting is accidentally correct isn’t really useful to me.