Multiple US military officers casually show up as observers on a Belarusian/Russian military exercise, together with the Russian Deputy Defence Minister
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Multiple US military officers casually show up as observers on a Belarusian/Russian military exercise, together with the Russian Deputy Defence Minister.
You read that right: While Belarus and Russia are training the invasion of Poland, the US military shows up in the audience.
If you live in the US, I hope you realize the gravity of such a signal to us Europeans. Especially after Trump has threatened to invade Denmark, and halted all US aid to Ukraine.
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Multiple US military officers casually show up as observers on a Belarusian/Russian military exercise, together with the Russian Deputy Defence Minister.
You read that right: While Belarus and Russia are training the invasion of Poland, the US military shows up in the audience.
If you live in the US, I hope you realize the gravity of such a signal to us Europeans. Especially after Trump has threatened to invade Denmark, and halted all US aid to Ukraine.
@randahl I really disagree with this take. Strategically it is absolutely the correct move to observe a military maneuver of a neighbouring hostile power. Standard diplomatic procedure and good opportunity to collect military intelligence, while also discouraging using exercises as a smokescreen for actual attacks. It makes sense, has a valid purpose and any signal that this sends exists only for people who don't want to think about why this is a thing
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@randahl I really disagree with this take. Strategically it is absolutely the correct move to observe a military maneuver of a neighbouring hostile power. Standard diplomatic procedure and good opportunity to collect military intelligence, while also discouraging using exercises as a smokescreen for actual attacks. It makes sense, has a valid purpose and any signal that this sends exists only for people who don't want to think about why this is a thing
@Gullikerl @randahl Yes, isn't that one thing that military attachés are supposed to do, in normal times at least, be observers at military exercises of the host country?
But whether this is a bad sign in current less normal times I can't say.
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Multiple US military officers casually show up as observers on a Belarusian/Russian military exercise, together with the Russian Deputy Defence Minister.
You read that right: While Belarus and Russia are training the invasion of Poland, the US military shows up in the audience.
If you live in the US, I hope you realize the gravity of such a signal to us Europeans. Especially after Trump has threatened to invade Denmark, and halted all US aid to Ukraine.
@randahl I worry they're there to co-operate, not to observe an opponent's capabilities.
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