except when they're talking to journalists, being referenced as anonymous sources, to explain that akshully the ukrainians aren't winning the war because they can't understand our beautiful caucasian tactics
more like tactics are recycled from amerikan imperialist conflicts of the past few decades that suppose air superiority and a massive materiel superiority
these people just chug state department propaganda without a single critical thought. reality doesn’t bend to their will, thankfully. this conflict will further signal the decay of empire. and hopefully deplete NATO weapon stockpiles enough to allow for a less bloody transition from NATO hegemony to BRICS hegemony
He’s a hero to redditors because he releases 50 books a year and writes almost exclusively for the bazinga demographic, so his dialogue is, predictably, complete shit based on what I’ve read
Redditoids with aspirations of being a writer or a journalist.
Source: interacted with many such cases and also read the various wannabe-gonzo journalism articles in western press. They still think of themselves as these wise-cracking, worldly truth-seekers, who do the underdog fight against le ebil authoritarians