tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post6217490349550216937..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Russia's Black Eyes in GeorgiaGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-54274105200163595482008-08-16T16:55:00.000-04:002008-08-16T16:55:00.000-04:00yawl dont even see the big pic on this do ya?yawl dont even see the big pic on <A HREF="http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/2008/08/maybe-i-am-victor-von-doom.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> do ya?All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-75115913883195549272008-08-16T01:56:00.000-04:002008-08-16T01:56:00.000-04:00Shouldn't the Russian flagship been further out in...Shouldn't the Russian flagship been further out in the Black Sea the whole time? Do they have inferior longer range sensing technologies? Further out, they would have seen the Georgian attack coming and snuffed it out with either longer range missiles or organic air assets, wouldn't they?cynical joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416361325594987137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-50798901822573180952008-08-16T01:27:00.000-04:002008-08-16T01:27:00.000-04:00In the sixties I was discussing with a very knowle...In the sixties I was discussing with a very knowledgable individual the outcome of a head to head confrontation with the Soviets in non-nuclea war. He said we would whip them hands down, despite their nearly 3 to 1 advantage in armor.<BR/><BR/>He based it on our recent combat experience (Korea and Vietnam) and their lack of it. We are seeing that here. You can run all the exercises you want and ignore little details that shoot you down.<BR/><BR/>After the Viet Nam war was over, the Chinese got into a border dust up with the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese cleaned their clocks. Combat experince made the difference.Corky Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363812378536729410noreply@blogger.com