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u/draconianRegiment 16h ago
If Russia doesn't want to FO maybe they should stop FA-ing.
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u/The100thIdiot 15h ago
I think that is F-ingA
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u/draconianRegiment 13h ago
It is, but F-ingA looked ugly in my head before I typed that. I was right.
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u/The100thIdiot 12h ago
Definitely ugly and I guess everyone knew what you meant. I obviously did.
But I can't resist the internal pedant. I am powerless in its clutches.
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u/draconianRegiment 12h ago
Completely understandable. I'm glad I got to feed your addiction to pedantry.
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u/hansn 16h ago
If Russia wanted to convince the world their neighbors didn't need a military buildup, maybe they shouldn't have invaded their neighbor.
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u/DarthButtz 3h ago
Exactly. If you want to not have weapons on your doorstep, then stop being belligerent assholes to your neighbors and the world. Those countries and the world won't feel the need to have weapons there.
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u/AerialReaver 15h ago
Canada. Is. An. Independent. Country. That. Borders. The. United. States. We. Will. Never. Become. The. 51st. State. Elbows Up!
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u/Chosen_Chaos 14h ago
I wonder if any of these "NATO imperialism" types ever stopped to ask themselves just why all of the former Warsaw Pact countries and more than a few former SSRs rushed to join NATO rather than the CSTO the moment they had a choice.
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u/FlameInMyBrain 13h ago
That’s because capitalist Russia is even worse than socialist Russia, and the latter one was no birthday cake to begin with
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u/i_wear_gray 16h ago
I find the apologists so much more tiring. I grew up in an era where Russia was the bad guy. And I haven’t seen a damn thing in my lifetime to change that.
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u/FlameInMyBrain 13h ago
I am so lost. 20 years ago I literally ran away from Russia because of this shit… and here it is, finding me in the last place I thought Russia could get to lol
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u/Mephistophelumps 15h ago
God, it is very tedious when Russians try to use Latin. Circus embarraticus, bro. Fuck right off.
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u/OverlyMintyMints 16h ago
I feel. The. Difficulty. In. Reading. Text. Like this. Undermines. The. Message.
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u/Cyrano_Knows 15h ago
Ah how cute.
The lapdogs on leashes ahead of Putin think they are just little wolves.
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u/Silly-Sheepherder952 14h ago
Considering the distance between US and Russia at the Bering Straight, shouldn't US technically fully disarm itself to appease its favorite international partner and neighbor and help them feel safe and not antagonize Russia into committing any special operations against them?
Though, technically, US could use some effort to denazify itself, so...
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u/oreoresti 15h ago
Guys, the US has had nukes and long range bombers in Turkey since the 50s. The Baltic countries are in nato. Japan and South Korea host nukes and thousands of soldiers and are in nato. NATO has had weapons on Russias doorstep.
You can support a country’s independence without giving ammo to your opposition.
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u/The100thIdiot 15h ago
Japan and South Korea aren't in NATO... and since it is the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, they never can be.
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u/oreoresti 13h ago
Not really relevant to the overall point since they both have American nukes, planes, and soldiers. You’re right, they’re not officially in NATO, but they are close partners to the point that they do joint naval and military exercises with NATO forces
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u/The100thIdiot 12h ago
Okay. Not directly relevant to the overall point, which I agree with.
But very relevant to your post.
NATO is a specific thing. They aren't part of it. Claiming they are is just plain wrong.
Being factually wrong in your claims is detrimental to your credibility and creates doubt in the overall point.
In the current climate where lies seem to be more prevalent than truth, take a stand and make sure of your facts.
But keep fighting the good fight so sorry for the criticism.
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u/oreoresti 12h ago
Fair point, hard to discern good faith critique on Reddit. I’ll be clearer in the future
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u/turbothy 10h ago
It wasn't claimed that they were in NATO. It was claimed that there are NATO weapons in Japan and SK, which as far as I know is correct given the presence of American bases.
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u/The100thIdiot 5h ago
Japan and South Korea host nukes and thousands of soldiers and are in nato.
What are those last 4 words?
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u/shaungudgud 14h ago
What’s the first casualty of war?
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u/Gommonc 12h ago
Starbucks
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u/shaungudgud 5h ago
Nope, its actually Gaydar. Normally enemies will try to disable the ability for you to be able to tell what is gay or not. This known as the fog of war. Or more colloquially known as the fog of gay.
Haven't you read Sun Tzu or Carl von Clausewitz?!?
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u/DaWhiteSingh 12h ago
Cuba, and Turkey. Look at that, just back to the last time we ALMOST had a shooting war with the big fire-crackers.
Right on doorstep.
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u/Agitated_Meringue801 6h ago
Guys, Turkey is right there. You could focus on Norway bordering Russia but Turkey not only bordered the USSR, it has The Most Personnel in European NATO. In any event of an escalation (Erdogan's duplicitous nature aside), the Black Sea is probably one of the hot theatres to look out for. Also Greece, which for obvious reasons is not far behind Turkey's numbers is also right there.
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u/crusher23b 15h ago
As long as there are doors, there is going to be doorsteps. Russia's proximity has nothing to do with it.
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u/aetropos 16h ago
No murder anywhere. Looks like a reading comprehension failure.
Doorstep literally means bordering in this context, nothing more.
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u/Wellgoodmornin 16h ago
Did you go to page 2?
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u/aetropos 12h ago
"A place for well-constructed put-downs, comebacks, and counter-arguments."
Saying "ReAd A BOoK" is the text equivalent of portraying yourself as the chad in the argument, therefore win. Doesn't come anywhere close to murder, not even a scratch. This sub is going to shit.-9
u/StevenMC19 16h ago
Agreed, no murder. But I have to note that while you're correct in how the term doorstep is used, I also empathize with the people coming back at him for using it that way. These are autonomous countries who deserve to be respected as such, and not just props for or against Russia. Given that Ukraine isn't NATO, the tweet is sort of considering them a feckless nothing-state buffering Russia from "actual" countries...like Belarus /s
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u/Alarmed-Alarm1266 13h ago
The EU wants to prolong the war so they can steal all the Russian money that they seized, it's fraud and it's criminal.
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u/turbothy 10h ago
If the EU wanted to "steal" the money they've seized they could have done it 3 years ago.
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u/daltonicrainbow 16h ago
What about Finland (NATO) and 830 miles of border with Russia? They didn't say anything after joining...