• whaleross@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    The Swedish prime minister kept repeating the word “övning” (“exercise”, as in training) in interviews yesterday.

    But is ok. It is called diplomacy. Everybody knows exactly what all of this is and why.

    It is difficult and fucking weird that we have to deploy troops to defend our allies from our other supposed allies.

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      20 hours ago

      It is difficult and fucking weird that we have to deploy troops to defend our allies from our other supposed allies.

      Yes. And - of all the things - the rogue country being the one that brought the alliance together in the firstplace.

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        18 hours ago

        Which is why it was the first and primary target for the most successful psyops campaign in history.