The AP is reporting that
… in Poland, doctors, shopkeepers, lawmakers and others are heeding a call to receive military training in case of an invasion. Neighboring Lithuania is restoring the draft and teaching citizens what to do in case of war. Nearby Latvia has plans to give university students military training next year.
The drive to teach ordinary people how to use weapons and take cover under fire reflects soaring anxiety among people in a region where memories of Moscow’s domination – which ended only in the 1990s – remain raw.
The drive to teach ordinary people how to use weapons and take cover under fire reflects soaring anxiety among people in a region where memories of Moscow’s domination – which ended only in the 1990s – remain raw.
This comes as President Obama refused to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a recent visit to Washington, Leading people who live under Russian guns to look out for themselves.
