by Dave Patterson | Apr 3, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Ukraine has been fighting Russia for two years now – but to what end? Clarity on the beleaguered nation’s progress against the Russian invaders is hard to determine. Success, where there is any, is measured in meters forward and back from the line of action. Some...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 16, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet or as foul as the case may be. When former President George W. Bush dubbed the Iran, Iraq, and North Korea coalition an “axis of evil” in 2002, it was a term rejected by the named parties. And yet, as Russian President...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 28, 2023 | Articles, International, Opinion
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed attempt to move on Moscow to address his Wagner Group’s grievances leaves a stability vacuum and many questions. On June 24, the Wagner Group, a private military company, occupied the Russian army headquarters of Rostov-on-Don and...
by Dave Patterson | May 5, 2023 | Articles, International, Opinion
Pitched battles rage as the resilient and courageous Ukrainian armed forces continue to bloody the Russian invaders after nearly 450 days of fierce fighting. There is no end in sight for ground and air combat in the embattled country, and the status of the conflict is...
by Dave Patterson | Feb 21, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
As discontent with the war in Ukraine gains steam in Washington, DC, President Joe Biden took a slight detour on his planned visit to Poland. The US commander-in-chief made a five-hour stop in Kyiv, the embattled capital of Ukraine, to assure President Volodymyr...