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I have seen a lot of takes on #Airlift , some people appreciating the blitz scaling and some just being politically correct to others calling them an outright scam and fudging numbers etc. Here is my take on the whole saga 🧵
Blitz scaling is great and the flywheel oh the flywheel is amazing, it’s actually better then amazing. The concept comes from Nazi Germany’s lightning strike on a lot of European countries and capturing them “blitzkrieg”. Do read up on history, they were prepping for it for
For a very long time. They had been building up armour units, training infantry and building roads and manufacturing capacity. The blitzkrieg failed when the logistics failed the Germans in the now famous siege of Stalingrad. They ran short on fuel and ability to replace lost
This #kabulairlift mission was a limited success.
Well done @dfat, @IRLDeptDefence and @defenceforces. Lives have been saved.
But, how many more could have been saved if we got there earlier.
This is about risk, about relationships (national and international) + rivalry.
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Well done @dfat, @IRLDeptDefence and @defenceforces. Lives have been saved.
But, how many more could have been saved if we got there earlier.
This is about risk, about relationships (national and international) + rivalry.
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Lack of knowledge about what @defenceforces can do - even in this #shitshow - lead to risk aversion last week.
Well known rivalry between @defenceforces and @IRLDeptDefence lead to a slow Policy response, putting forward options.
Well known rivalry between @defenceforces and @IRLDeptDefence lead to a slow Policy response, putting forward options.
And a lack of professional relationships between @dfat and @defenceforces at working/desk level slowed it down too, because interdepartmental stuff is jealously guarded by @IRLDeptDefence.
And then there's the issue of #airlift that @BerryCathal and others have highlighted.
And then there's the issue of #airlift that @BerryCathal and others have highlighted.
