Monday, June 06, 2022

A Non-Story Story In The Baltic.

TheSwedishNavyIsNoSandpiper
JimmyMcGillVille


Yesterday the AP ran a story by Jari Tanner about NATO-led naval exercises in the Baltic Sea under the following headline:

"NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercises with Finland, Sweden."


Now, that seems like a super big (not to mention potentially provocative, poke the bear in the eye-type) deal, especially given the earlier announcements by F & S that they intend to join NATO.

There were even veiled rattles of the sabre coming from the likes of Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in the piece:
“...It is important for us, the United States, and the other NATO countries to show solidarity with both Finland and Sweden in this exercise...”


Except it turns out that, in this case at least, it was little more than kabuki theatre-based wand waving given the following from deep with the piece's buried lede:
...As NATO’s close partners, Finland and Sweden have participated in the naval drill since the mid-1990s...


All of which begs the real (snark-laden) question based on the image at the top of the post...

What the heck was Kim Wexler doing in Stockholm with General Milley, shown in uniform on the right, over the weekend just past?



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4 comments:

NVG said...

Not Kim Wexler

It's someone called Andersson and Milley in 1963

Look at the data of the image and you will find. Hold the mouse over the screen and do a right click and then click on INSPECT (Q)

/s1963/AnderssonMilley.png

NVG said...

Danm its not 1963, the name on the photo with the General is not Wexler

RossK said...

Of course...It's really the boss of Sweden, not the boss of Saul Goodman...(see snark warning).

And, for the record, here's the last time we all saw the good General in his camo uniform.

e.a.f. said...

upp, looks like one of the Prime Ministers of one of the two countries.