For example, NATO tactics assume no, or very few mines. Ukraine is the most heavily mined place on Earth now. NATO tactics assume air superiority. Ukraine has very few fighter jets, and won't receive new ones from Western countries for several more months.
So NATO trained Ukrainians with tactics completely unsuited to the kind of war that Ukraine is fighting. Do you think this was because of malice or stupidity?
So NATO trained Ukrainians with tactics completely unsuited to the kind of war that Ukraine is fighting. Do you think this was because of malice or stupidity?
Neither? You can only train people on the things you have experience with. Ukraine is fighting a unique war from the perspective of NATO trainers. That doesn't make the training the Ukrainians have received worthless. They have benefitted quite heavily from training in squad tactics, combined arms, etc. Military training is far more extensive than just: "Hey - avoid minefields."
Sounds like you think it's stupidity, because the obvious first step in "teaching what you know" is recognizing whether the situation even remotely applies. If I'm trying to teach you to deep fry with a waffle iron, I'm the dum-dum and you are my victim.
But I'll offer a third option: casual negligence driven by a lack of care for Ukrainian life. When commands things there's no expectation of success, you don't cross the Ts or dot the Is.
So NATO trained Ukrainians with tactics completely unsuited to the kind of war that Ukraine is fighting. Do you think this was because of malice or stupidity?
Yes. The answer is yes.
Neither? You can only train people on the things you have experience with. Ukraine is fighting a unique war from the perspective of NATO trainers. That doesn't make the training the Ukrainians have received worthless. They have benefitted quite heavily from training in squad tactics, combined arms, etc. Military training is far more extensive than just: "Hey - avoid minefields."
I mean yeah, fighting against an enemy with roughly equal equipment and capabilities is an alien experience to NATO militaries lol
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Sounds like you think it's stupidity, because the obvious first step in "teaching what you know" is recognizing whether the situation even remotely applies. If I'm trying to teach you to deep fry with a waffle iron, I'm the dum-dum and you are my victim.
But I'll offer a third option: casual negligence driven by a lack of care for Ukrainian life. When commands things there's no expectation of success, you don't cross the Ts or dot the Is.