• LuckyPierre@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Elsewhere on Lemmy today;

    Germany warns Russia may be preparing attack on NATO

    Both of these cannot be true.

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      1 month ago

      Russia wouldn’t exactly not try, but they have a very 19th century realpolitik take everything and exploit the fuck out of it approach. I would have said that’s silly. now, not so sure it isn’t working

    • Robbity@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Have you never worked in an organization?

      You can have as many preparation meetings as you want and still be on your ass when the day of judgement comes.

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      Everything written about this conflict (by anyone) is propaganda. The enemy is a powerful and maximally oppressive force we all need to fear, but is also so weak it’s losing equipment fast and its final defeat is only a matter of time.

    • Aux@feddit.uk
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      1 month ago

      They can flood the Baltics with drones and cause plenty of chaos and destruction.

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      1 month ago

      Taking over a Baltic state is feasible. NATO might react by sending helmets and prayers.

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        1 month ago

        Artikel 42 EU treaty. All members of the EU have to fight with their full capacity. This will escalate quickly.

        There are already EU troops in the Baltics, just to remind the Russans of it.

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            30 days ago

            “obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power”. Which is far above what being in NATO requires states to do. Which just btw also covers Greenland. Only ones off the hook are Ireland and Austria due to being neutral, the treaty still covers them though.

    • TThor@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      They can be true. They might be low on current stockpile, but what is building up is production capacity. Preparing to attack doesn’t mean immediately attacking, what most have concern is that once Russia’s war against Ukraine cools down, Russia will spend the next 4-10 years building up towards potentially attacking NATO nations.

      Yes, years down the line doesn’t sound as alarming to the layman, but it is critical for that eventuality to be recognized and prepared for, nations and industry move slowly, and they need to prepare to fight another long drawn out war.

    • Triasha@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      They absolutely can.

      Russia has thousands of men willing to fight in horrendous conditions.

      A few thousand soldiers that are very well equipped might lose to 10x as many badly equipped enemies.

      I think they would lose, but they might not think so.