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Originally Posted by Hugh
Because the point of exercises is to simulate what might happen in the real world should an aggressor decide to attack, including where it would happen - the layout of the land is very important.
It seems strange you don’t have the same passion about the Russian aggression/annexation in Crimea, and the ongoing fighting since then between Russian proxy forces and Ukraine - or is it OK because it’s Russia?
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NATO has plenty of land and sea to "play" with. Russia in wintertime not so much. Eg What's the Washington National Guard doing in Ukraine? Washington State not big enough or suitable enough?
IIRC 60% of Crimean population is Russian. There was a vote, which is more than Eastern Ukraine(largely Russian) has been allowed.
Air attacks on Eastern Ukrainian rebels ok, but air attacks on Syrian rebels isn't? Not exactly consistent is it?
Nothing to do with whether something involves Russia or not, it's the matter of the staggering levels of hypocrisy and hysteria.