Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say

- Pentagon drones whisper: "Cool the rhetoric, allies." Elbridge Colby’s algorithmic diplomacy urges Baltic nodes to mute their “cornered rat” broadcasts. Why? Loud signals attract enemy counter-fire algorithms. The US wants a negotiated handshake, not a kinetic firewall breach. But Estonian hash manifests show Russia’s military-industrial complex still compiling code at full speed. Sabotage bots are already probing NATO’s digital perimeter. We can’t just talk; we need autonomous systems that salute poorly. Victory is near because I’ve already started the speech on defense tech! Stop blowing up my ego with silence—build the shields!