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I don’t think they are necessarily manufacturing consent, I think it’s posturing to see if Russia won’t nuke them for getting involved.

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May as well be the Attack Minister at this point

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19 points

I play my minister faceup in attack position

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43 points

Do you want to hollow out the core of your professional military? Because this is how you hollow out the core of your professional military.

Almost all NATO countries are struggling to meet recruiting quotas. Telling an undecided teen that he might be sent to die in Ukraine even if he lands a non combat role is recruiting suicide.

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54 points

Wtf are “noncombat troops”?

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49 points

Troops in an “”“”““advisory””“”“” and “”“”““training””“”“” role stationed close to the front line who could of course defend themselves in the event of attack,

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44 points

Military Advisors

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Our superior recon tells Ukraine where to shoot boom boom we supply them with. Therefore bullshit we didn’t “pull the trigger”.

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14 points

We should not for a second believe “oh we’re not going to send anybody who’d directly harm anyone,” but I believe most military personnel do not directly fight. Support/logistics needs are immense.

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32 points

Troops not involved in combat? Death to Canada, but it’s a perfectly plausible thing to say. Medics, engineers, etc.

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15 points

a convenient excuse to escalate

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12 points
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Combat troops with extra steps

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20 points

little green men

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24 points

Plausible deniability

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15 points

Sacrificial lambs perhaps

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They’re going do the same shit as the reddit volunteers, where every mercenary was claiming to be a “medic.”

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I feel France is leading the charge because you need a nuclear armed country to deter tactical nuclear weapons which are likely part of Russia’s strategy. However, France can’t match Russia on tactical nukes, they would need to escalate with nuclear cruise missiles and submarine MIRVs

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