We want to make NATO stronger," U.S. Ambassador Matthew Whitaker said in Berlin on Monday. The diplomat also compared the allies to children. “We want you to grow up and become who you can be,” he added, addressing European countries.

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    Reservists, no less.

    The finnish arctic reservists aren’t exactly like most reservists though. Finnish reservists are more like “Veterans who can’t manage to retire”, and anyone who voluntarily lives in the arctic is already certifiably insane.

    But that’s still funny as hell

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      Yeah, I think between the performances of England, Finland, and Norway, security in the North Atlantic is best if the US stays away from Greenland.

      Edit: I’m also reminded of a story my New Zealand fri nd told me when he had just joined the Australian Airforce as a foot soldier for base defence.

      In preparations for Afghanistan, the US would train in Australia with them. He took out an entire group of marines because “You could hear them a mile away”. So there he is only a few months in the forces, walking up to a group of marines to tell them they’re all dead, they called in an airstrike a few hundred metres out.