Posted on 08/30/2014 8:26:52 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Finnish defence forces announced on Saturday that they are to conduct an unusually large-scale military exercise close to the Russian border next summer.
Up to 8,000 reservist troops from all regiments will take part in training in the border district of Pielinen Karelia in June 2015.
Major Markku Vääntänen said military exercises on this scale are only organised in the region about once every ten years. The training will be the defence forces' principal exercise event next year.
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That might work but they will all be labelled “foreign agents” lol
Edelweiss, Edelweiss. ..
“This time, “they win, we lose”.”
They won a long time ago. Just not militarily.
I missed that, you think the Warsaw pact won?
Is Snake Plisken going to finally earn his medals at the Battle of Leningrad?
Europe can do nothing as Russia becomes larger threat everyday or NATO can become larger and become an increased threat to Russia.
Russia is the enemy not western nations. Some posts on FR these days are right out of DU.
The EU spends so little on defense they better start building up or learning Russian.
Since around 2008 Russian military spending has increased by about a third in constant 2011 US dollars.
Meanwhile the EU has been reducing military spending. Yes, they have been trying to expand diplomatically. So what?
The idea that the EU is the aggressive one is ridiculous.
“I missed that, you think the Warsaw pact won?”
Progressive ideology won. We’re so far to the left now that that most Republicans are to the left of the old time Dixiecrats.
I think you are on the wrong thread, you might want to recheck the topic and my post 2.
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