CENTCOM Viability

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Originally Posted by swaghauler

I was trying to explain how a "2nd rate power" (which Russia DEFINITELY was in the 90's) could take on NATO and actually have a chance of success;

Who isn't a second rate power compared with the US?

Originally Posted by swaghauler

The Russians back these insurgents in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate Polish government. The Polish government seeks the assistance of Germany in defeating the Socialists (because East Germany and Poland were strong economic partners before and after the fall of the Warsaw Pact)

The Poles have despised the Russians for centuries, and never more so than after the Second World War and when they were part of the Warsaw Pact. The Poles also hate the Germans. However they seem to have tolerated the East Germans, I suppose because they knew they were also being oppressed by the Russians. During the Cold War the non-brainwashed by communism part of the Polish establishment, especially the Polish military and intelligence services were notoriously uncooperative with the Russians to the point that the KGB had to use the East German Stasi has a proxy to keep tabs on the Poles.