Amid the Sturm und Drang of Donald Trump’s White House and Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon, General Alexus Gregory “Grynch” Grynkewich laid out what he terms NATO’s “Theory of Victory.” This is a concept of operations that will “block the initial attack… blunt it and prevent further advance. And, if required, break the enemy’s forces and the operational war fighting system that is arrayed against us.” In short: Block, Blunt and Break.

General Grynkewich was careful not to point fingers but the location of his talk, at the Warsaw Security Forum, left no doubts as to who the potential ‘adversary’

General Grynkewich was careful not to point fingers but the location of his talk, at the Warsaw Security Forum, left no doubts as to who the potential ‘adversary’

General Grynkewich is both SACEUR (Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO’s lead operational commander) and USEUCOM, the commander of all US troops in the European theater. He was explaining how NATO, once derided by Emmanuel Macron as “braindead,” would fight and win. Grynkewich was careful not to point fingers, but his talk at the Warsaw Security Forum left no doubts as to who the bloc’s potential adversary is.

The message to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was clear: we see you and we are ready for you. The general stressed that the “Theory of Victory” sits within the broader NATO strategy of Deterrence and Defense of the Euro-Atlantic area, or DDA. He reiterated what has always been NATO’s purpose, “to preserve peace,” and that deterrence of aggression was sought. He was not, he said, laying out a plan for conquest.

The theory was not described as a plan, but enough detail was provided to get a sense of how a conflict might evolve. Grynkewich........

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