Poland and the Baltic states have taken a first step towards quitting a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing an increased security threat from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
Perfectly understandable. I would expect the next treaty European states will be withdrawing from will be nuclear non proliferation ones. It’s the only threat Putin actually fears.
A natural consequence for sure; however, AP landmines require competent armed forces to not cause collateral damage in peace time. I wouldn’t call Polish army competent, especially since 2021.
If we use competence as a measure of whether we can do something or not we wouldn’t get too far in Poland. It’s one of the reasons why I think people scared of sending troops to Ukraine should rethink that. How is an army supposed to get some real experience? Ukrainian and Russian armies are now trained through combat that we know very little about. I’d rather have our army train at the job far away from here. They are paid extremely well and it’s time to earn that.
A natural consequence of sharing a border with Russia. Inb4 critique from countries that do not share borders with genocidal regimes.
Perfectly understandable. I would expect the next treaty European states will be withdrawing from will be nuclear non proliferation ones. It’s the only threat Putin actually fears.
A natural consequence for sure; however, AP landmines require competent armed forces to not cause collateral damage in peace time. I wouldn’t call Polish army competent, especially since 2021.
If we use competence as a measure of whether we can do something or not we wouldn’t get too far in Poland. It’s one of the reasons why I think people scared of sending troops to Ukraine should rethink that. How is an army supposed to get some real experience? Ukrainian and Russian armies are now trained through combat that we know very little about. I’d rather have our army train at the job far away from here. They are paid extremely well and it’s time to earn that.
What happened in 2021?
Was it the arms being delivered to IKEA?