Also, if you're NATO the last thing you want under those assumptions is an analogue to the Spanish civil war where everybody gets to see how good their latest and greatest toys are in an actual battlefield. Half of NATO's arsenal is made up of MIC make-work projects so utterly divorced from reality that it's a miracle they don't fall out of the sky or break down right off the assembly lines, and revealing as such just makes everyone take you far less seriously than before.
There's a reason West Africa is telling France to fuck off right now, and it's 100% encouraged by the shitshow in Ukraine.
Counterpoint: half of the marine corps vehicles breaking down within the first 24 hours of the first Iraq war, ultimately either getting abandoned or towed off the battlefield without a single shot fired, was very funny.
Also, if you're NATO the last thing you want under those assumptions is an analogue to the Spanish civil war where everybody gets to see how good their latest and greatest toys are in an actual battlefield. Half of NATO's arsenal is made up of MIC make-work projects so utterly divorced from reality that it's a miracle they don't fall out of the sky or break down right off the assembly lines, and revealing as such just makes everyone take you far less seriously than before.
There's a reason West Africa is telling France to fuck off right now, and it's 100% encouraged by the shitshow in Ukraine.
Counterpoint: half of the marine corps vehicles breaking down within the first 24 hours of the first Iraq war, ultimately either getting abandoned or towed off the battlefield without a single shot fired, was very funny.
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