2026-08-09 08:03 UTC
”Doing what I have done over the last few years has been learning experience (and not it a good way) about how much of the media (and much of the think-tank community) works. The key thing in both worlds is not being accurate or truthful as much as it is gaining access to power and being seen to be smart. Access and perceived intelligence—usually drastically greater than real intelligence—is the currency of these worlds.”
—Phillips P. OBrien
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-197-anatomy-of-a-con
#media #thinktank #thinktanks
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@janhoglund@mastodon.nu 2026-08-09 08:20
”On the battlefield, the basics of the situation still favor the Ukrainian strategy of causing massive Russian casualties while saving their own lives… Russian casualties are now more than 40,000 a month. … So the Russian army is struggling, suffering massive losses and its logistic situation is getting worse, not better. …the Russian military is still failing badly this summer—and that will not change. Keep that in mind.” —Phillips P. OBrien, Weekend Update #197 #ukraine #russia