It goes without saying that the US and Russia both have many, many plans
to attack one another. Generally speaking, however, it’s been treated
as bad form to bring them up, and worse form to brag about them.
So Russia is criticizing US General Jeffrey Harrigian for talking up how
the US has plans to destroy all air defenses in the Russian exclave of
Kaliningrad, saying there should be “no doubt” the US could do it.
Russian Foreign Ministry officials say they consider the statement a
“threat” and also particularly irresponsible, while the Defense Ministry
said that Kaliningrad is well defended from US aggression.
US forces in Poland often conduct wargames settling around moving north
into Kaliningrad, and the region is small enough that the US could
probably take it, at least for a time, in the event of a war.
That probably doesn’t matter, however, as a full-scale ground war
between the US and Russia where they’re seizing territory almost
certainly would escalate into a nuclear conflict,and by the time the
general is proven right, tens or hundreds of millions of people are
about to be killed in a conflagration.
Russia Slams US General for Plan to Destroy Russia’s Air Defenses
Gen. Harrigian says US has a plan to take down Kaliningrad
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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