Author, Columnist, Political Strategist, Security Specialist Joel Skousen Analyzing Current Global Affairs 5:08PM Monday March 21, 2022, on KWRO
REASSESSING THE RUSSIAN MILITARY THREAT
After watching Russia’s 3 week military assault on Ukraine stall and Putin’s negotiators’ failure to bring Ukraine into capitulation, military experts in the West are reevaluating their estimates of Russian conventional military strength. Russia has been careful not to reveal its full conventional military power so analysts have been limited to electronic surveillance of military exercises and Russian press releases. Unlike the US that engages in military operations all over the globe, Russia has held back their military, even letting their professed ally Saddam Hussein fall in 2003. The invasion of Georgia in 2008 did not allow Western media coverage, and it was all over quickly, with little fighting. Russia’s reluctant stance changed in 2015 when it surprised the West by moving air-support and military advisors into Syria to stop the US-supported terrorists from toppling Assad, but their participation was mostly fighter/bomber sorties and reconnaissance. Thus, the invasion of Ukraine is the first time since WWII that Western intelligence experts have had a chance to analyze Russia in full invasion mode, and it is far from the Blitzkrieg that Putin surely hoped for. Although Russian armored units and air power in Ukraine are not the elite side of the military, what we are seeing is representative of a significant bulk of Russia’s conventional forces. So the stalled invasion is not just a fluke, but a sign of Russia’s failure to master the art of complex modern warfare. The only thing that has been impressive are the high-tech missiles, cruise missiles and anti-aircraft systems—which have performed flawlessly. How could US military estimates have been so wrong and how does this change the estimate of Russia as a threat in WWIII? I’ll answer this and other military questions in this brief. To receive a one-time free copy of this brief, click on Request a Sample on the left. To receive a one-time free sample copy of the brief, email us at editor at worldaffairsbrief.com
About Joel:
Joel Skousen is a political scientist, by training, specializing in the philosophy of law and Constitutional theory, and is also a designer of high security residences and retreats. He has designed Self-sufficient and High Security homes throughout North America, and has consulted in Central America as well. His latest book in this field is Strategic Relocation--North American Guide to Safe Places, and is active in consulting with persons who need to relocate for security and increased self-sufficiency. He also assists people who need to live near a large city to develop contingency retreat plans involving rural farm or recreation property.
Joel was raised in Oregon and later served as a fighter pilot for the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam era prior to beginning his design firm specializing in high security residences and retreats. During the 80's he took a leave of absence to serve as the Chairman of the Conservative National Committee in Washington DC. and concurrently served as the Executive Editor of Conservative Digest. For two years he published a newsletter entitled, the WORLD AFFAIRS BRIEF, and served as a Senior Editor of "Cogitations" a quarterly journal on law and government . The World Affairs Brief is now back in publication and is available as a weekly email newsletter or in a monthly print edition.
He is the author of four books, one on law and government, and three on his special design innovations in security architecture:
1. Essential Principles for the Conservation of Liberty, 1984
2. The Secure Home--Architectural Design, Construction and Remodeling of Self-Sufficient Residences and Retreats, new edition now available.
3. How to Implement a High Security Shelter in the Home (1996),
4. Strategic Relocation--North American Guide to Safe Places (1998)
5. (In the works) Foundations of the Ideal State--a comprehensive treatise on government structure and practice, constitutional theory, and legal changes necessary to preserve liberty and justice.
Joel Skousen miraculously survived a plane crash in Spanish Fork, Utah on March 12, 2013. Pilot feels 'blessed' after surviving plane crash | KSL.com