What do most european militaries such as Finland do exactly?

>>78140687
go camping in the forest

>>78140687
random helping out their allies in various conflicts like everyone else, and making sure they have their shit together on the chance that said shit hits the fan.

protect the country

meanwhile in the pacific

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-us-to-haul-stricken-destroyer-from-japan-back-to-us-for-repairs-2017-8

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This is what they do

>www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/what-in-the-world/canada-denmark-hans-island-whisky-schnapps.html

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>>78140891
It's a noble struggle in which enough alcohol to intoxicate a walrus has been spilled. We won't let that sacrifice be in vain.

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>>78141019
When I sent the article to my Dane friend he said "Arctic is ours Canada can fuck off, we were there long before them"
(He probably means that vikings have visited the place before Chinese-North Americans)

>>78141225
Mhm, he probably forgot to mention how the Vikings were chased off by the locals and the weather after less than a month. Hans Island is Canadian clay.

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>>78140687

Well what else are we supposed to do? Start some sort of conflict? It's not like we can just throw our army away and hope for the best.

Isn't every army not in a war just about maintaining equipment and honing your defense?

>>78141771
Yes. He's just American, so he doesn't understand such things.

Making sure they are prepared to hold off Russians until NATO can help out