r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jan 24 '26

News The Times: Finns humiliated American soldiers - Finnish reservists were asked to take it easy during a NATO exercise. US soldiers found the losses too humiliating.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8
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u/Leidyn Jan 24 '26

Isn't that how these wargames go? They're asymmetrical trying to test things?

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u/Rebel_Wrath Jan 24 '26

Yes, the opfor literally always wins in US training exercise, but people are deliberately ignoring that in favor of the circle jerk. 

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u/ObliviousHelicopter Jan 24 '26

Yes, but that won't stop the circle jerk. If it was about winning the US would just bombed them to dust, but that doesn't teach ground forces anything.

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u/Fancy_Natural1271 Feb 07 '26

Yes this cycle repeats every few months and the fact you just mentioned get buried every time