Comments by "Digital Nomad" (@digitalnomad9985) on "The Icarus Project" channel.

  1.  @manoo2056  "why say western forces when it us going to be forces from USA?" You may prefer to ignore the full array of forces your aggression would pit yourself against, but that doesn't sweep them from the board.
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  2.  @chriseaton1525  "why would the US play the Russian game?" In the PRE-PENINSULAR NATO situation, that would be the only way to rapidly reinforce the Baltic states in great force. The whole point of the video is that Sweden and Finland have obviated that strategy. NATO can directly and immediately reinforce the Baltics in great force and simultaneously deliberately reduce Kaliningrad.
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  3. To reinforce the Baltics. Before Sweden and Finland joined NATO, it was the only game in town.
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  4. Kaliningrad, if not Belarus, is a defense in depth. The gap is the part Russia can't fortify in advance, only bomb/shell. Of course, NATO can eventually break through, but the point WAS to DELAY NATO until the invasion of the Baltics was a done deal. Sweden and Finland obviates this strategy because NATO can reinforce the Baltics directly and begin deliberately reducing Kaliningrad SIMULTANEOUSLY now.
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  5.  @heyufengwdlss701  That is beside his point. His question is a strategic one which ASSUMES Putin invades the Baltics, not a prophesy that he will.
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  6.  @Wayfarer.731  So long as you understand.
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  7. In the old NATO map, the area was the only way to rapidly reinforce the Baltics. In the NATO map with a blue Finland and Sweden, they can rapidly reinforce the Baltics and deliberately reduce Kaliningrad simultaneously. Kaliningrad/Belarus is a defense in depth, which can SLOW the NATO main force.
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