tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post4330620166324223593..comments2024-03-19T12:33:07.568-07:00Comments on History of Wargaming Project: Lessons from a pandemic gameJohn Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-61131053247430073912020-04-04T07:16:24.602-07:002020-04-04T07:16:24.602-07:00What a very strange post. If there was a point (an...What a very strange post. If there was a point (and I tried hard to spot one) it might have annoyed me, so I just left it.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-79697980655156276032020-03-23T04:52:16.448-07:002020-03-23T04:52:16.448-07:00I think the wargame made the point that states mig...I think the wargame made the point that states might not be averse to using the current situation to promote their own political aims: realpolitik is alive and well! National leaders make decisions based on their judgement of risk versus potential gain. However sometimes ideology influences their judgement of acceptable risk.John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-20807580396091002302020-03-22T13:20:20.650-07:002020-03-22T13:20:20.650-07:00Not sure I would agree that the wargame would corr...Not sure I would agree that the wargame would correlate with real world decisions for the very simple reason, no skin in the game.<br /><br />Yes Russia could take advantage of the situation and risk their forces falling to the Corona virus, because MOPP exhausts troops capability to maintain operational tempo.<br /><br />As for Scotland and Wales, again I doubt it, but for different reasons related to the virus, better together and share medical resources than divide and risk the general public complaining when people start dying due to the disruption the politicians caused. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.com