Mike Ritland

A huge and sometimes the most important and dispositive element in military work is actually the civil affairs, is actually the political and civil society topography of the target country and its regional interests. partners, allies, and adversaries. And then oftentimes it's that the political, which determines the military result much more so than the military activity itself.

A huge and sometimes the most important and dispositive element in military work is actually the civil affairs, is actually the political and civil society topography of the target country and its regional interests. partners, allies, and adversaries. And then oftentimes it's that the political, which determines the military result much more so than the military activity itself.

A huge and sometimes the most important and dispositive element in military work is actually the civil affairs, is actually the political and civil society topography of the target country and its regional interests. partners, allies, and adversaries. And then oftentimes it's that the political, which determines the military result much more so than the military activity itself.

We're seeing this, for example, with Georgia's Q, right? NATO wants to build the military base right there and just point like a gun out at Crimea. This will obviously put the people of Romania, put a big fat kick me sign on their back from Russia the moment this goes operational. Okay. Well, NATO doesn't want that to happen.

We're seeing this, for example, with Georgia's Q, right? NATO wants to build the military base right there and just point like a gun out at Crimea. This will obviously put the people of Romania, put a big fat kick me sign on their back from Russia the moment this goes operational. Okay. Well, NATO doesn't want that to happen.

We're seeing this, for example, with Georgia's Q, right? NATO wants to build the military base right there and just point like a gun out at Crimea. This will obviously put the people of Romania, put a big fat kick me sign on their back from Russia the moment this goes operational. Okay. Well, NATO doesn't want that to happen.

NATO, could NATO roll into Romania right now and run a, you know, Yugoslavia run back like 1995 and 1999 and Georgia gets elected, you know, gets elected head of state, decides to cancel the NATO air base, kick everyone out. Kind of a diplomatic incident if they roll in and, you know,

NATO, could NATO roll into Romania right now and run a, you know, Yugoslavia run back like 1995 and 1999 and Georgia gets elected, you know, gets elected head of state, decides to cancel the NATO air base, kick everyone out. Kind of a diplomatic incident if they roll in and, you know,

NATO, could NATO roll into Romania right now and run a, you know, Yugoslavia run back like 1995 and 1999 and Georgia gets elected, you know, gets elected head of state, decides to cancel the NATO air base, kick everyone out. Kind of a diplomatic incident if they roll in and, you know,

napalm raid from fighter jets and drones, the sitting government of Romania, just because that party won the election and decided to cancel a military base. So the military can't do that directly. What they need is the civil military. They need the civil side of military operations to make that election result not happen. And you see the same thing. It's not just always about tilting elections.

napalm raid from fighter jets and drones, the sitting government of Romania, just because that party won the election and decided to cancel a military base. So the military can't do that directly. What they need is the civil military. They need the civil side of military operations to make that election result not happen. And you see the same thing. It's not just always about tilting elections.

napalm raid from fighter jets and drones, the sitting government of Romania, just because that party won the election and decided to cancel a military base. So the military can't do that directly. What they need is the civil military. They need the civil side of military operations to make that election result not happen. And you see the same thing. It's not just always about tilting elections.

Sometimes it's about the passage of a law. For example, Ukraine, there was a lot of tense debates about the post-2014 Maidan revolution government's in Ukraine's stance towards the Russian half of the country.

Sometimes it's about the passage of a law. For example, Ukraine, there was a lot of tense debates about the post-2014 Maidan revolution government's in Ukraine's stance towards the Russian half of the country.

Sometimes it's about the passage of a law. For example, Ukraine, there was a lot of tense debates about the post-2014 Maidan revolution government's in Ukraine's stance towards the Russian half of the country.

The Russian ethnics, the Russian speaking portion part of the country, the representation of the Russian side of the story on Ukrainian TV or social media or culture or the religious issues around the Russian Orthodox Church. Well, every bit of pro-Russia institution, institutional

The Russian ethnics, the Russian speaking portion part of the country, the representation of the Russian side of the story on Ukrainian TV or social media or culture or the religious issues around the Russian Orthodox Church. Well, every bit of pro-Russia institution, institutional

The Russian ethnics, the Russian speaking portion part of the country, the representation of the Russian side of the story on Ukrainian TV or social media or culture or the religious issues around the Russian Orthodox Church. Well, every bit of pro-Russia institution, institutional

affinity link that's cleaved out of Ukrainian politics or civil society helps further achieve the NATO goal of folding Ukraine into NATO and of helping Ukraine at that point militarily achieve reconquest of the breakaway Donbass and Crimea region. But the problem is if Zelensky didn't want to do that, for example, in May 2019 when he took office or April 2019,

affinity link that's cleaved out of Ukrainian politics or civil society helps further achieve the NATO goal of folding Ukraine into NATO and of helping Ukraine at that point militarily achieve reconquest of the breakaway Donbass and Crimea region. But the problem is if Zelensky didn't want to do that, for example, in May 2019 when he took office or April 2019,