Sanctions

In my last post about sanctions I mentioned sanctions and my belief that they didn't do anything to impact the leadership in their intent to prosecute a conflict.  However, the fast moving actions of the last few days and the unprecedented coalescing of western nations to inflict harm on Russia, and especially Putin for its invasion of Ukraine is unlike most other actions that we've seen in recent history.  

One of the things we are seeing is more and more concern regarding cybersecurity and the impact of financial sanctions that are being imposed on Russia.  Just like people, desperate countries do desperate things.  And when the pace of change is as rapid as we've seen in this instance, calamities can occur in the blink of an eye.  Who would have imagined that we'd be where we are two weeks ago?  

One of the reliable sources I check for info on both Naval and national security issues is CDR Salamander's blog.  He's not always right (who is) but he always has thought provoking posts.  If you're interested, and you should be, check out his post today here.  

These are dangerous times.  I'm not talking 9/11.  An event that caused specific action to go after a rogue terrorist.  I'm talking Pearl Harbor.  The actions of a nation-state that sparked a World War.  Pray for cooler heads to prevail.