Munich security conference

[HoreTore]

said lots of interesting stuff

Two comments, Seamus:

1. My comment on Afghanistan was in reference to the way the non-US forces operate. I don't know how it is now, but back in 2006, the base with a Norwegian presence had Norwegians in charge of communication, some Balts(probably Latvia) in charge of base defense, German armour response, British air support and so on. All united under one ISAF-command. I don't necessarily see how a multinational armed force of a national scale would create more problems than they had, and as far as I know, the command structure of that mission worked well enough.

2. I can use the Norwegian army as an example. As of now, it consists of one operative(tihi!) brigade of a little under 10.000 men. In the event of a war, we are supposed to raise around 5 divisions from reservists, consisting of highly motivated and trained soldiers like yours truly(double tihi!).

This army is is numerically smaller with worse and less equipment and training than the Georgian army Russia whooped in 2008. It's a complete and utter waste of money, energy and resources. It serves no purpose whatsoever. It's only useful aspect is that the survivors of an invasion are well prepared to start a low intensity guerilla war.

But why not skip training a bunch of cannon fodder, and instead establish the guerilla force right now? We're going to end up occupied in the event of a war no matter what - might as well skip the massacre and go straight for the sabotage operations.