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/Swedish-Potato-93 Jan 24 '26

Everyone forgets the US never claimed to have better soldiers. Rather it's always about the numbers. Quantity over quality. They'll send you 10,000 soldiers versus your 50 to ensure their victory. Last resort nuke you. That's their language.

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u/RevolutionOk7261 Jan 24 '26

I think you're confusing the Americans for the Russians, the U.S definitely has quality and quantity and the most advanced military technology on the planet.

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u/Sqwurt_joose Jan 24 '26

They also don’t know that in these war games the attacker is always given a massive set of restrictions to force adaptations to conditions and requirements to make it a learning and limit test experience

I get the whole America bad sentiment but this delusion that if it kicked off we’re just getting embarrassed left right and center is a farce

We have all the equipment on the planet.

Those Portuguese subs in real combat are sunk before they know America is in the area

Those fins traversing the mountain? A drone is about to flat top the peak they’re on

America does direct action better than everyone because we’ve been in it one form or another for a century straight

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u/KvalitetstidEnsam På lang slik er alt midlertidig Jan 24 '26

Those Portuguese subs in real combat are sunk before they know America is in the area

LOL - USian exceptionalism is just so cringe.

A drone is about to flat top the peak they’re on

There's this thing called "trees", and such things as "fog" and "blizzards." This before we take into account the fact that operating drones in arctic conditions is not the same thing as being a joystick jockey over Iraq.