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1. If you want to be viewed as provocateur, that will do the trick

Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:40 PM

Feb 2022

Close proximity of military forces is a good recipe for accidental engagement too.

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Just a thought, not all of mine are all that good, but [View all] multigraincracker Feb 2022 OP

If you want to be viewed as provocateur, that will do the trick bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #1

Finland is not a member of NATO Pachamama Feb 2022 #2

I know but I just read... multigraincracker Feb 2022 #4

I doubt it. He knows NATO can't fire the first shot. TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #3

He might fear that NATO wouldn't anymore fire the first shot than he would, or multigraincracker Feb 2022 #5

I think that's a good idea. Tomconroy Feb 2022 #6

Might be worth saying it is being considered? multigraincracker Feb 2022 #7

Maybe fly a few fighter planes over Ukraine. Just to take a look see Tomconroy Feb 2022 #9

A good plan if your goal sarisataka Feb 2022 #8

Poland is only on the border of Kaliningrad, marie999 Feb 2022 #10