tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post2495286260475743852..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Aggressive defenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-7040649908587855292014-08-26T18:29:22.741+02:002014-08-26T18:29:22.741+02:00Aggressive defence stretched a bit and applied to ...Aggressive defence stretched a bit and applied to the Eastern Ukraine problem would have been a NATO army and air force concentration in Eastern Turkey before the Crimea seceded.<br />This would have threatened a violent solution of the Abchasia, South Ossetia and Berg-Karabach conflicts against Russia's preferences if Russia acts on the Eastern Ukraine.<br />The threat would probably have been enough to take away Putin's freedom of action till the new Ukrainian government is in full control of continental Ukraine.<br /><br />That's not what Western political culture is capable of nowadays, though. Our political culture knows embargoes, sanctions and clumsy force build-ups against vilified small powers.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-59165724924406792742014-08-26T14:37:48.208+02:002014-08-26T14:37:48.208+02:00Pre-emptive strike is closely related to this idea...Pre-emptive strike is closely related to this idea. You know how that worked.<br />The current Ukraine crisis can be seen as such a step, from a Russian point of view.<br />Very dangerous djinn in the bottle. Be careful that it doesn't turn out to be Pandora's box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-70771067101684480002014-08-25T04:47:41.001+02:002014-08-25T04:47:41.001+02:00On the operational and tactical level it could be ...On the operational and tactical level it could be framed in the "Gefechtsbereitschaft" concept, but this doesn't do justice to it.<br /><br />The martial arts analogy of catching someone off-guard and keeping him on the defensive fits better.<br /><br />American theorists would probably frame the topic in the "initiative" concept, or in OODA.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-84475503887480771452014-08-25T03:43:20.105+02:002014-08-25T03:43:20.105+02:00This is basically the same general concept as Read...This is basically the same general concept as Readiness that you've discussed earlier, right? Broadly, you don't act when your position is the best, you act when the difference between your position and your enemies is the greatest. The more time you take to get ready, the more time the enemy has to get ready. Michaelnoreply@blogger.com