Slouching Toward War? – by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
But yeah, there are signs of something brewing. Just as in 1939-1941, the United States is (late as always) beginning to look at its Navy and Merchant Marine capacity, beginning to update its army and get serious about recruiting, etc. Perhaps these preparations will have a deterrent effect. Perhaps China will be preoccupied with internal struggles soon. (But perhaps China will turn to war as a distraction from those internal struggles). But if history doesn t repeat itself, it sometimes rhymes.
Meanwhile, there are parallels in the United States to the runup to a different kind of war: An increasing division between North and South, Democratic fire eaters calling for violence and sometimes even secession and an increased amount of left-wing violence from groups like Antifa and various militias.
I’ve been thinking the same thing.
So we spoke to Luke and Anya this morning. Luke looked exhausted. They spent much of the night in a metro station. It was a night of battle in the skies above Kyiv. Luke is taking another course in fixed wing drones and applying for a job in a Ukrainian Army drone unit which he thinks is a good one. There are many units, some better than others. It seems the UAF is organized more like the US Army was during the US Civil War. There are many units competing with each other for flyers and flyers like Luke trying to get the best spots. If he doesn’t get this one, he’ll be preparing to fly fixed wing drones, which are going to play a big part in the next stage of the war. WW3 has already started, I fear.