World War III is closer than ever after government officials at the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Washington, D.C., revealed their next-step plans to throw more money, weapons and soldiers at trying to defeat Russia.
Of note were statements made by Gen. Wieslaw Kukula, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, about how his country is preparing its soldiers for a full-scale conflict in the coming days.
“Today, we need to prepare our forces for full-scale conflict, not asymmetric-type conflict,” Kukula told a press conference. “This forces us to find a good balance between the border mission and maintaining the intensity of training in the army.”
Kukula’s “border mission” comment was a reference to ongoing tensions with neighbor and Russian ally Belarus. Belarus is part of the “Union State” with Russia, and Poland recently launched a $2.5…
