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Here's What I Don't Understand About HIMARS

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A big problem I had throughout the 40-mile convoy phase of the Russo-Ukraine War was the daily YouTube posts of Russian armored columns being defeated in detail by small Ukrainian units with anti-tank missiles. These were just everyday occurrences, and I kept wondering why the conventional wisdom kept asserting that these somehow didn't happen or weren't important. And they weren't important until the Russians simply abandoned their whole northern offensive. The YouTube indicator has been changing lately. Throughout May and June, while the attritional battle in the Donbas was under way, there were far fewer YouTube posts from the front of any sort. But since early July, we've been seeing several things. The first is that there have been almost no retired US general talking heads prognosticating on the course of the war. Isn't that strange? You couldn't keep them away from the camera during the halcyon days of the 40-mile convoy. Now, zilch. The second thin...