Lincoln knew

While listening to recent Ukraine war podcasts concerning the upcoming Ukrainian counter-offensive I thought of this quote:

Ukraine is currently sharpening those axes.

Announcing that there would be an offensive was kind of like seeing a road sign like this:

From then on you are kind of wondering:  "was that it ?  was that the bump ?"    Ukraine is getting the enemy to spend time on planning for the offensive and having them question each event:  "was that it (the start of the offensive) ?"

Apparently there is a military phrase for this: shaping operations.   But I'll just think of ax sharpening and road bump signs. :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm