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Oct 17, 2023Liked by Mick Ryan

As always, Sir, I commend your lucidity and thoughtfulness in what - for me - is a very difficult subject.

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Another great set of insights to bring together all that has happened the past 600 days. What struck me was the strategic and intellectual failure of NATO to supply sufficient long range fires and training for a war that was not...at least as yet. To me it is a classic failure of imagination on the part of NATO and failure to see the “nuclear saber rattling” was always a bluff and a huge tell about what scared RU the most.

At least now we know ATACMS are in theater and deployed after today’s strike in Berdyansk.

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Thank you for sharing your insights. Can you share your thoughts on where Ukraine stands for the current offensive in the South? Especially in light of the upcoming seasonal change to the rainy season and winter. Also, White Sun War was a fantastic read.

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Just a nit-picky point. ‘risk adverse’ wants to be 'risk-averse.'

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