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> Any sarcastic comments about these numbers? I'll give it a try: Germany also sent 5,000 military hats. More seriously: I don't even think such a tiny contin
by palmotea 10mo ago
> Any sarcastic comments about these numbers?
I'll give it a try: Germany also sent 5,000 military hats.
More seriously: I don't even think such a tiny contingent of troops would even work as a tripwire if Trump invades. Trump and his people probably don't have the self control, but if they did it seems like they could just bypass those troops and literally ignore them. I'm reminded of the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea: my recollection is many of the Ukrainians just surrendered without shots being fired, because their numbers were too small and their positions completely untenable.
- lostlogin 10mo ago> my recollection is many of the Ukrainians just surrendered without shots being fired A key detail is that they Europe and the US didn’t support Ukraine to fight. Neat, especially having facilitated Ukraine’s nuclear weapons being removed.
- vdupras 10mo agoThose soldiers don't need to die for the attack on them (that is, taking them as prisoners) to be an act of war, doesn't it?
- palmotea 10mo agoDo you even have to take them prisoner? Just let them wander around, get on a boat, and go home.