Putin's lobster strategy in Ukraine

At the outset of WWII the German army pioneered an offensive strategy that became known as the blitzkrieg or lightening attack.  The Germans employed a method of warfare whereby an attacking force would be spearheaded by a concentration of armor and mechanized infantry formations, backed up by close air support.  That heavy concentration of armor and mechanized forces would create a break in enemy’s defensive formations allowing the rest of the more conventional German army to pour through.

If the Germans employed the “lightening attack” in WWII, what do you call Russia’s slow motion military assault on Ukraine?  Way back in February, Russia annexed Crimea.  The Empty Suit retorted to no one in particular, “Cry-me-a?  As in ‘cry me a river?’”  The world yawned.  Crimea is gone.

Now Russia is actively supporting a Ukrainian separatist/revolutionary movement in eastern Ukraine.  After initial setbacks, the Ukrainian army has been able to retake much of what the Russian proxies captured and has managed to bottle up what’s left. 

Russia’s real leader - Vlad Putin - will not take that sitting down.  He is moving the front south and using Russian forces and material to do so.  But it’s all in slow motion.  As more and more Russian soldiers and equipment get captured by the Ukrainians, the Russian excuse of soldiers getting lost and paratroopers getting blow into Ukraine by the prevailing wind are sounding more and more absurd.  There are no warnings against intervention into Ukraine from any of the usual cabal of impotent tough talkers.  The Empty Suit and his parade of Pentagon GOFO sycophantic yes men are more worried about haircuts than national security.  The UN, busy passing hundreds of resolutions condemning Israel for protecting itself, cannot be bothered.  NATO, sans US leadership, is now a powerless bunch of semi-socialist states with France taking the military lead.

So what do we call this military strategy being employed by Russia in Ukraine?  During the Civil War the North tried what was called the “Anaconda Strategy” whereby the North tried to blockade the South while advancing armies down the Mississippi river to cut the South in two.  The idea was to strangle the South into submission.  While the plan achieved many of its goals, it didn’t force the South into submission.  So Putin probably is not a fan of calling his meddling in Ukraine an anaconda strategy.

Maybe he’d prefer the lobster strategy whereby heat is applied slowly so as not to alarm the lobster but by the time he figures out that he’s what’s for dinner it’s too late to anything about it.  Ukraine knows exactly who Putin wants to have for dinner.  The rest of the world either doesn’t care or as in the case of Europe, is hiding under the bed sheets hoping not be Putin’s next snack.  Even if the world were to wake up to what’s happening, I don’t think Putin gives a crapola.  It would barely change his calculus.  Who’s going to stop him?  

Finally someone is addressing Sam’s showering habits

I’m not sure where, but somewhere in a post under Lex made a tongue in check  prediction that the showering habits of Ram’s rookie Michael Sam would become a more interesting news story to the homosexually obsessed MSM than any talent he may possess on the football field.  Truth is stranger than fiction.

Lower the standards, ignore the results

That’s one of Lex’s favorite expressions when dealing with any kind of affirmative action, social engineering, diversity quotas etc.  Read Ann Coulter’s account of this phenomenon when applied to policing - here.  To sum the results up in a word – incompetence.  Will we ever learn?  No.  We won’t.  It’s better to go down in flames as a “diverse society” than live in prosperity as a meritocracy that values personal responsibility.