From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 28/01/2026 2:30 pm, Don Y wrote:   
   > On 1/27/2026 5:13 PM, bitrex wrote:   
   >> On 1/27/2026 5:55 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   >>>>> Suddenly, "players" without deep pockets can become significant   
   >>>>> adversaries!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Players without deep pockets have proved significant adversaries (of   
   >>>> the US at least) for 70 damn years!   
   >>>   
   >>> But the military doesn't learn!  (It seems to be part of their mindset.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Note the Brits "learned" during the Revolutionary War 250 years ago...   
   >>> We have this belief that MORE technology is ALWAYS the solution   
   >>> ("We need drone jammers!!  That evolve to adapt to a rapidly   
   >>> evolving drone ecosystem...")   
   >>   
   >> Sounds like they've invented a very slow cruise missile which would   
   >> have difficulty penetrating mosquito netting   
   >   
   > "Enough" of anything (sticks and stones) can overwhelm any offense/defense.   
   >   
   > If you can coerce (because they have no other devices in their arsenal)   
   > your enemy to expending lots of treasure, you can defeat them "on a   
   > budget".   
   >   
   > Ukraine has got to be a HUGE embarassment for Russia.  Even hiring   
   > mercenaries and "convicts" has led to a very limited "success".   
   > Hardly what one would expect of a "world power".   
   >   
   > Putin is lucky that someone hasn't taken the opportunity to nibble   
   > at other borders (and that Trump hasn't been smart enough to capitalize   
   > on Putin's weaknesses to "defeat Russia" -- "when no other american   
   > president could"!)   
   >   
   > [Trump always picks the wrong way to be remembered.  As he has,   
   > historically, with his other ventures (maybe he's just not very smart?)]   
      
   Donald Trump is definitely clever, but he is remarkably ignorant,and he   
   does seem to have a tiny attention span. The guy who ghost-wrote "The   
   Art of the Deal" for him mentioned how difficult it was to get his   
   attention for long enough to get answers the question that book was   
   designed to address.   
      
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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