tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post1113180089475120971..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: "Difficult" logisticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-52456640512053035662012-07-05T17:36:27.715+02:002012-07-05T17:36:27.715+02:00I sometimes wonder if AP put out a bulletin announ...I sometimes wonder if AP put out a bulletin announcing that the Soviet Union had just invaded Czechoslovakia, how many newspapers would just print it as news.Die alte Aechzenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294141940637952687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-20566252094678500022012-07-05T12:08:16.937+02:002012-07-05T12:08:16.937+02:00To much work and distraction these days, but I hav...To much work and distraction these days, but I have a good planned window of free time soon. About 40 pages so far.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-27911162182940935852012-07-05T01:59:26.370+02:002012-07-05T01:59:26.370+02:00How's the book going?
TimHow's the book going?<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-86451505167718809532012-07-04T23:36:38.481+02:002012-07-04T23:36:38.481+02:00Well, most press reports are original or slightly ...Well, most press reports are original or slightly modified texts by a handful news agencies, not actual products of the newspapers or TV stations. That's why I hinted at AP at the end.<br /><br /><br />Regarding march exercises; if I was minister of defence, I would call some colleagues, then appear at a weekend night at army HQ, tell the guard officer to activate the alarm chain, have everyone stand in formation on the drill place and order them to move at least two brigades with one week worth of ammunition to a distant place, followed by all other field army forces within the first month.<br /><br />I guess they would fail spectacularly - the first time. By the end of the legislative four year period they would either be capable of such things or be retired.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-28127904518695608122012-07-04T21:31:57.206+02:002012-07-04T21:31:57.206+02:00I sometimes get the impression that some of the me...I sometimes get the impression that some of the media just repeats what another source says.<br /><br />I wish the people in charge of the military would just at random send orders to brigades to move from where they are at to some point to test how well they can do it and improve as needed.<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com