Ukraine Proves, Once Again, That Our Idea of War Is All Wrong

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Ukraine Proves, Once Again, That Our Idea of War Is All Wrong
Published 08/22/23 06:00 AM ET
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) James M. Dubik

U.S. and NATO military strategists are taught that the decisive part of a war resides in the major combat operations phase. America’s post-9/11 wars and the Ukraine War have proven that’s not so. Rather, using force during major combat operations, and after, together form the necessary and sufficient conditions to achieve the strategic political objectives of a war.

For the U.S. and other Ukraine allies this means a full commitment to supplying, on time, what the Ukrainian military needs to succeed in its counteroffensive. It also means an equal commitment to orchestrating all that is necessary to move from the end of major fighting through transitional stability to a durable political, economic and security situation in the region. Without both, neither Ukraine’s nor the allies’ strategic objectives will be realized.

The Zelenskyy administration’s aims of political sovereignty and territorial integrity allowing for self-determination and economic prosperity will not be accomplished merely by fighting to eject Russian troops from Ukrainian soil. It’s also in the allies’ strategic self-interest to continue to provide the aid and support to help Ukraine defeat Russia. The assistance that the U.S., NATO and other allies are providing helps to secure NATO’s borders, deters the war from escalating or widening, prevents an anarchical world in which illegal aggression becomes a norm, and sets conditions for holding Vladimir Putin and Russia accountable for the many heinous war crimes. 

https://themessenger.com/opinion/ukraine-proves-once-again-that-our-idea-of-war-is-all-wrong

[DefiantMassRINO]

Most major conflicts are decided by logistics.  The side that can re-supply the most soldiers as rapidly as possible has the advantage.

It's smart of the Ukrainians to target Russian supply lines and depots.  This degrades Russia's logistic ability to re-supply troops.  It's incumbents upon the West to keep re-supplying Ukraine quickly and in volume.

It was dumb of the West to not supply Ukraine with offensive weapons sooner.  At least let them have old Soviet aircraft from NATO members.  This ambivalence has lengthened the conflict and increased the cost to Ukraine in lives and treasury.

Globalist Free Trade and Chi-com WTO membership have degraded America's logistical re-supply capabilities.  This is the Nation Security cost of allowing the hollowing out of farming, mining, and manufacturing infrastructure.