Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Still can't understand why we/they don't set up training camps in the likes of Poland and Romania, rather than shipping these troops across the breadth of Europe. They could also double up for R+R.
Had been asking myself the same. There is a lot of commitment for the UKR cause in the ex-soviet pact countries.
Possible answers
- the 'western' English speaking media don't inform us about the activities in Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia et. al.
- given its economical power and size of the millitary, the UK might be the best choice on the continent (ehm) for purely technical reasons. (again, not to mention we don't know what support the French and others provide)