I likewise didn't go into detail or expound upon training after "basic" or "boot camp" ...
The other thing I think about now are "false flag" operations. What's to keep Vladdy from bombing some of his own people near the border to try and inflame passions at home?
Autocracy is Scary.
He doesn't have to Dennis. Create false flag ops. Ukrainian 'special forces' have already bombed fuel and ammunition dumps across the border, in Russia.
Just watched this.
Robert Baer, who was one of the CIA top case officers of his generation, stated unambiguously that in his opinion Putin's threats to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine should be believed. Because, in his words, Putin has done everything else that he's threatened. He said that the threat of Putin using tactical nukes is growing with every day the war persists and is also increased by growing Russian set backs.
We've all heard this before.
However, the guy issuing the warning now, spent his CIA career leading operations in the Middle East until the late 90's. But, you might say, we're talking about Russia and Ukraine. Not sandland. The thing is, Russia has always been embedded deeply in sandland and especially in it's client states. Egypt, Syria etc etc So, you don't get to be the top CIA case officer in the Middle East, without also developing expert knowledge of Russia, its politics and how it operates both internally and abroad.
