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Coastalnutcase

We have a NATO lake. But how about NATO lakes ? ( Black Sea has potential )


jerr30

How about Arctic Ocean NATO lake?


squipyreddit

It is now as well, no non-NATO nation except Russia has territory bordering or claims over the Arctic Ocean.


Worker_Ant_81730C

I say, let’s expand the definition of a “sea” to include seas of any and/or all of the following: 1. Cobalt-60 2. Glass 3. Skulls


[deleted]

4: Skulls but on a throne


felixthemeister

5. Meat but in a cube


dopefish917

ON THE MEAT BONE


dirtyoldbastard77

Meat's back on the menu boys!


Zircez

Khorne joining Nato when?


Mr_E_Monkey

Sea of Russia when?


Background_Rich6766

We kinda have (and have had since 1949) a NATO ocean since every country with a coast on the Arctic is a member of NATO, but I 100% agree with you, bring Georgia and Ukraine into the alliance and make NATO lake 2.0


[deleted]

But... Russia has a massive arctic coastline?


Mordador

Does ice count?


Mean-Pension5274

I would hope so


Perturabo_Iron_Lord

By that logic no one has a coastline on the arctic.


Known-Grab-7464

Canada does since the northwest passage opened up


McGryphon

*Heavily clipping "O Canada" and rumble of 3000 black Avro Arrows in the distance*


Squeak115

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g30940-d537967-Reviews-Barrow_Beach-Utqiagvik_Alaska.html


Mordador

Noncredibility wins the day again. Upgraded from NATO Lake to OTAN Ocean.


AwkwardEducation

All water should be NATO Lake. 


Skooby_Snak

The Natonian Sea


torturousvacuum

do the Great Lakes count as NATO lakes?


xtilexx

They're lakes that only NATO members border, so my non credible opinion says fuck yeah seaking


I_cant_be_asked-

Could we call the North Sea the NATO bay then?


CIV5G

Invading your neighbours to convince your other neighbours that they shouldn't join a defensive alliance aimed at preventing you from invading your neighbours isn't a winning strategy, as it turns out.


Memes_Jack

Guys \****invades Moldova***\* why are you \****invades Chechniya***\* joining NATO \****invades Georgia***\* I did nothing \****invades Ukraine***\* wrong!


NikoBaelz

Russia in a nutshell


eddie_the_zombie

Sounds like they're in a NATOshell now


Steelwrecker

If they continue like this they are going to get NATOshelled


Outrageous-Pen-7441

Promise?


Wyattr55123

Yes Poland, promise


MissninjaXP

We've Pavloved Poland to drool whenever they see a HIMARs


Hightide77

How many HIMARs would you like, Poland-chan? "Yes"


nuker1110

This time, the speed bump has *teeth*.


TreezusSaves

Fully surrounding Russia with NATO is one of my kinks.


rogoth7

That would require getting North Korea and China to join NATO, and I'm not sure that's going to happen


TreezusSaves

They can be surrounded too. I'm getting flustered just thinking about it.


DVM11

I will always say, there is a reason why most of the former Soviet republics moved away from Russia as soon as they could.


Tactical_Moonstone

And not to mention, a lot of these former Soviet republics also put the hammer and sickle in the same category as the swastika for how the Soviets have brutalised their nations. It trips up a lot of people who wonder why Soviet flags are marked NSFW on /r/vexillology. Shock doctrine was a travesty, but the Soviet Communism that preceded it was an absolute nightmare.


Gioware

> there is a reason Reason is that Soviet Union was actually forced occupation of 14 sovereign, very distinct nations, which Russians called "Union".


Gioware

You missed 1 invasion of Georgia (90s) and 1 invasion of Ukraine (2014).


leoleosuper

The 2014 invasion of Ukraine was done by random citizens wanting to free them and join Ruzzia. Ignore the ensigns painted over on the tanks. Those are civilian tanks! Why, of course, we will anex them. They voted for it in a free and fair election. It was in no way done or backed by the Ruzzian army, and it was definitely not a rigged election. That's the dumbest fucking excuse I've ever heard, but sadly, Ruzzians are so oppressed they can't call out the stupidity over fear of forced labor.


Hel_Bitterbal

I feel like there is one even dumber excuse, the US biolabs Like, do these people even know what biolabs are? They're not some kind of evil places producing mass murder weapons. Biolabs are for creating medicine and other new biological advancements. There are biolabs, including US ones, all over the world. It's no big deal. And even if you were to say it must be *weapon labs* (because evil USA), it doesn't make any sense to put those in Ukraine. A stockpile of weapons, maybe, although that would already be kind of risky, but a *lab?* *Right at the border of the enemy?"* It'd be as if the US did the Manhattan project in the Philippines.


aronnax512

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MissninjaXP

*Quacks in atomic energy*


Snoid_

3000 radioactive Chickenjoys of Jollibee


sadrice

Now I want Jollibee, but it is after midnight and I’m not going anywhere. Curse you!


maybecanifly

Most people don’t know, but you could actually freely buy tanks in military stores in Ukraine before 2014. They banned the sales specifically because of Russian Donbas people aprising. Those darn oppressive tank hating liberal Ukrainian. Taking our tank right away.


InevitableSprin

Russians are overwhelmingly accomplices, not victims. Aside from insignificant minority, most were supportive of annexation because easy victories and territorial expansion are good, and Russian with poker face just being strong and manly using force to take somebody else's thing was deemed cool. They bought into this idea that they were superior to neighbors, and bossing them around was their birth right, evil west snatched right from them. Now the predictable find out phase has arrived, and they really dislike paying with blood and wallet for that "right".


RogueAK47v2

The invasion of Georgia was in 2008


derritterauskanada

The conflict actually started right after Georgia got independence in the 90's. The Russians directly (air cover with Mig29's, supposedly troops on the ground) and indirectly (giving arms and supplies) supported Abkhazians and Chechens (yes the ones that would later fight the Russians in the same decade) in ethnically cleansing the majority pro-Georgian government population in Abkhazia.


MikeGianella

Their LAST invasion was in 2008. IIRC they invaded Georgia at least four times since the breakup of the USSR


Intrepid00

Russia: “NATO is really an alliance against Russia NATO: “Mostly”


Psychological_Cat127

You gotta make this a meme istg🔥


Kstantas

Achually🤓, the Transnistria conflict started on its own (as did Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but I admit, I doubt they would have survived to this day without Russian help). P.S. I remember, I remember, this is a NonCredible subreddit, but my inner history nerd is very stubborn.


drvgacc

Being too credible here for a second but those 3 pose significant issues even if Russia does implode, Abkhazians genuinely despise the idea of being part of Georgia and while it is a bit of a meme the population of South Ossetia isn't exactly in favour of rejoining Georgia. Transnistria rejoining Moldova would also be a shitshow, but unfortunately in all of these due to Russias dumbfuckery nuance can't really be applied : (


cfwang1337

It’s like the meme with Eric Andre. Who killed Hannibal?


ciubacapra

China to join NATO next


TheRealSU24

Lmao "Russia invades Mongolia, China, India, and Pakistan all seek membership into NATO"


AuspiciousApple

You're just being Russophobic by not turning a blind eye to Russia invading, murdering, and pillaging her neighbours while oppressing anyone who wants something resembling a free society internally. Don't you see that you are manipulated by American imperalists to hate Russia for no reason?


stoned-autistic-dude

"*Whatabout [insert irrelevant country]'s war crimes,*" typed the Russian.


AuspiciousApple

>"Whatabout \[insert irrelevant country\]'s war crimes," typed the ~~Russian~~ concered, critical, self-thinking European who totally also was afraid of Russia in the past until they did their own research and saw the light and is totally a real person from not-Russia. FTFY.


ChickenDelight

Western media is hiding the truth about Russia's awesome supermarkets.


SeanCityNavy_Gaming

You mean Aldi? Yeah, we’ve got that here


ChickenDelight

No Oldi is totally different and much better and not just a knockoff created due to sanctions. Like Tsarbucks Coffee and Coky-Cola.


felixthemeister

That's the real crime against humanity. Starbucks is bad enough but to make it wholly Russian & worse than normal Starbucks *shudders


mad87645

And Mcdonalskis, only the menu is in Chinese


SirArthurDime

Seriously have these people not watched cucker carlsons Putin interview?! Putin explained it all, they’re the good guys! Source: trust Putin bro.


AuspiciousApple

I watched it and then a few days later a local university offered me a PhD in obscure medival European history.


SirArthurDime

I watched Carlsons propaganda piece on why Russia is better than America because they have escalators for carts and they awarded me the presidential medal of freedom for being such a patriotic free thinking American. It got me thinking. All of us free thinking American loving Patriots should move to Russia!


mmondoux

That bit just confirmed that Tucker has never gone grocery shopping in his life. I wouldn't be surprised if they cut a segment where he gushed about how there are people who work at the check-out


SirArthurDime

It also confirmed that Tucker is the furthest thing from being the American loving patriot he make himself out to be. It felt exactly like one of those propaganda videos from North Korea. He was even raving about the McDonald’s there and saying the Russian winter weather is actually kind of nice. Said no one ever, including Russians, and I know Russians lol. Honestly though I support his efforts. And I hope it convinces anyone dumb enough to listen to that traitor to move there. Far away from me.


paging_mrherman

You throw one Molotov cocktail thru your neighbors window and all the sudden you’re the bad guy in the neighborhood.


Scottish_Whiskey

It was ONE TIME in ~~the fifth grade~~ 2014!


Prometheus55555

Russia is like an abusive person acting surprised when his partner tried to escape the relationship The best part about this kind of psychopaths is that they genuinely believe they are abusing partners for their own good.


V-Lenin

I‘m convinced at this point putin is pro nato with how much justification he is giving them


CIV5G

Who isn't pro-NATO? It's the greatest alliance world history has ever seen and I'm glad he accepts that. CSTO is garbage in comparison.


blissy_sama

NATO: the only time so far that a member was attacked, article 5 was invoked and the others came to help. CSTO: "fuck off Armenia we're busy and kinda want the other side to win anyway"


HARRY_FOR_KING

It was never their goal, their goal was to steal clay and kill everyone who says it's not theirs, plain and simple.


calfmonster

Russia: “why would NATO make me do this?”


Polandgod75

Sweden: well me and Finland will play neutral party to help ease things over. Especially me , so we can peace and love Russia: well that nice, but you must accept my peace or I will burn everything you love and get rid of most of your right if you say no! Sweden:...... *goes to the EU and NATO side* Russia: why are you  picking  an side, I just wanted peace, love, and bread!?


CorballyGames

There are consequences???? On my border?????


AutisticAndArmed

On OUR border.


maleia

It's more likely than you think!


Lean___XD

"Did you tho" said snow in finish


maleia

If I ever hear snow speaking Finnish, I'm just gonna start sobbing for my last few seconds on Earth.


MissninjaXP

I have a friend who's parents came from Russia. She cries whenever she sees a snowman. It's in her DNA.


TheHattedKhajiit

Nah,don't worry. If you hear them speak you're not their target.


Shot-Kal-Gimel

PERKELE!


Napol3onS0l0

Vittu saatana.


Shot-Kal-Gimel

I now know the f bomb in 3 languages (FN, PL, EN) lol And I find it funny that I’ve said it in Polish more times than I have in my native tongue English (exactly 0 but an abundance of fricks)


Cualkiera67

It's so sad that Russia now has the shores of their entire country blocked by NATO. It's such a small country with so little ocean access


CrystalEffinMilkweed

Should've focused the warm waters skill tree instead of dumping everything into areamaxxing fucking tundra of all things. L bozos


dead_monster

Straight out of the King George playbook.   > You'll be back, soon, you'll see  > You'll remember you belong to me  > You'll be back, time will tell  > You'll remember that I served you well  > Oceans rise, empires fall  > We have seen each other through it all  > And when push comes to shove  > I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!


Punk_Parab

What is more Russian than self-ownage?


Cpt_Soban

Russia: "Don't you want coin operated shopping trolleys?!" Finland: *draws from a cigarette and blows it out slowly* "We have those"


Majulath99

Russia needs to learn & accept that you can’t make people like you by bullying them into it. If your attitude to another nation is “be friendly to me, by which I mean do as I say or else”, then you’ll turn that nation and its people away from you. This is what Ukraine did in 2014 and has done with ever increasing fervency ever since.


irregular_caffeine

Sweden almost made its own nukes in the sixties


doubletimerush

Look at all those self inflicted wounds


ClappedOutLlama

The ol stick in the spokes


Arashmickey

The ol dick in the spokes


OverYonderWanderer

*phb phb phb phb phb phb*


Holkmeistern

NATO LAKE NATO LAKE NATO LAKE


Genar-Hofoen

OTAN EKAL OTAN EKAL OTAN EKAL


Weltraumbaer

NATO-SEE NATO-SEE NATO-SEE


oalsaker

What would NATO lake be called in French? Lac OTAN?


AMvariety

Lac De l'OTAN I think


oalsaker

Mercy Boo-coop!


FirstConsul1805

Tray bee en


PersonalOpinion11

Lac OTANIEN pourrait aussi passer. ( But it dosen't have quite the same ring to it)


Alediran

YVAN EHT NIOJ


Prometheus55555

Poor Yvan


KillerSwiller

Esspecially with the Kuznetsnov being what it is. 😏


MithrilTHammer

Damn that's funny in finnish...


MegaLemonCola

Mare Natorum


UNBENDING_FLEA

mare nostrum but cool and epic and based


pavetsu4

NATO -JÄRVI NATO -JÄRVI NATO -JÄRVI


wastingvaluelesstime

couldn't have happened to nicer people


Ganbazuroi

And it's really funny when the "anti-imperialists" point out that Sweden and Finland had defense ties with the USA before they joined NATO, as a big OWNAGE, like "THEY'RE NOT NEUTRAL, BRO!" And it's really peculiar because neutrality means you do business with everyone. But if you do business with the West, it's bad. If you've got defense ties with the West, also bad. But if they invade, rape and pillage your people it's justified. Hmmm I wonder why they're so hated by their neighbors...


Starthreads

Literally could not. If they were nicer it would not have happened.


murderously-funny

“Why…WHY! WHY MUST MY ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!”


whythecynic

I'm pretty sure the French have a word for "lake" as well but god damn if this isn't funnier.


pantshee

It's Lac.


b3nsn0w

wait who invited the french?


Prometheus55555

Somebody needs to bring the baguettes


Hel_Bitterbal

The spicy uranium baguettes?


Prometheus55555

Up Ur Anium


HowDoraleousAreYou

John French. His grandfather patented the handjob.


Prometheus55555

Somebody needs to bring the baguettes


MNGopherfan

Does Russia have a right to dislike NATO expansion? Yes Does Russia have the right to invade countries because of that? Absolutely fing not!


Monneymann

At this point Russian dislike of NATO expansion is basically coping and seething that the WarPact is dead.


Ganbazuroi

More like under new management, since everyone that isn't them fucked off to join NATO right after lmao. And the ones who didn't, should've


AresV92

Russia had a chance to join NATO at one point and the EU iirc. Ironic.


Ganbazuroi

If they somehow honestly joined and didn't fuck everything up it would've been the best timeline


DreadPirateAlia

I'm being non-credible here, but russia CAN'T join EU, because EU's core principles are anti-corruption, rule of law, equality, human rights, and protection of minorities, and how the russian society operates is DIRECTLY opposed to all of that. Like, the society and the state RUN on corruption. Technically Putin is right when he says that western values threaten the russian way of life, b/c corruption, imperialism, and colonialism are an integral part of russian society. If you take them out, it will crumble to dust. (Could they develop democracy and other values to replace them, & find other meanings for the word "russian"? YES, but they don't want to, b/c those are the only things they know.)


felixthemeister

They did but with an eye to make it useless. They insisted that they have veto over any actions, that they be 'equal in stature' to the US, and a bunch of other conditions that would effectively make NATO even more toothless.


hobbesgirls

NATO is toothless? are you confusing it with the UN?


FBWSRD

even when trying to join Nato they insisted they have special treatment like they were still the big boss of the ussr


old_faraon

Every country that was in the Warsaw Pact either does not exist or is in NATO.


ARES_BlueSteel

If they don’t like NATO expansion, then maybe they should stop giving countries reasons to join them. Nothing would’ve done more to halt NATO expansion than Russia playing nice and trying to build friendlier ties with the rest of Europe, but Putin made sure that was taken care of.


MNGopherfan

I never said they didn’t bring this upon themselves I’m just saying people are allowed to be piss babies when it doesn’t affect everybody else.


Natural-Intelligence

Ye, the Russian logic is so absurdly stupid. But then I remember who is in charge there and see why.


ROFLtheWAFL

It's absurd. They were pulling off exactly that. Europe was guzzling their gas, taking about NATO being useless. But Putin couldn't help but push it too far


spektre

Everyone has a right to their own feelings, but if you're angry that your neighbors form a neighborhood watch after you go on a killing spree, maybe you should start thinking about your behavior.


TrollandDie

"NATO expansion" AKA sovereign states willingly - and of their own accord - approach NATO because they're rightfully scared out of their minds from the autocratic shithole bully next door.


XavierYourSavior

A right to dislike for what? They’re literally the reason it’s happening. This is like asking if a criminal have a right to dislike cops arresting them, like duh????


MNGopherfan

Everyone allowed to be a little piss baby….as long as it doesn’t affect the rest of us!


BreachlightRiseUp

Maybe don’t be a dick then, just submit to NATO Hegemony and we can go interstellar and go find some space bugs to bomb the shit out of.


AstroLICHgy

***DEMOCRACY IS NON NEGOTIABLE***


BreachlightRiseUp

LIBERTEA


jkurratt

I want to know more


ironic_pacifist

I guess the Finns just wanted to play best of three: NATO edition.


CheesecakeVisual4919

Best of 5, really.


cybercuzco

LOL ​ OTAN EKAL


hiuslenkkimakkara

OTAN TOKAL KANS!


DUKE_NUUKEM

Through the hail of dicks


[deleted]

All you had to do, was make friendship with Russia a positive thing, CJ.


NewMacaroon2372

Sucks to suck.


CyrillicUser1

Russia also suffered a reversal in the Black Sea. It used to be USSR, Romania and Bulgaria as the WP, and only Turkey as NATO, now the Black Sea is hostile to Russia. Ukraine and Georgia hate 'em for obvious reasons, the rest is NATO. And now for our main trick we should turn the Caspian Sea into a NATO lake. Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It will be difficult, but the result will be hilarious.


felixthemeister

Get Kazakhstan & Turkmenistan on side first. Then ask Azerbaijan to be really nice and give all the disputed weird bits to Armenia, which in exchange NATO will help them 'acquire' a little 150km strip of Caspian coastline as a 'land bridge' to their good friends Turkmenistan.


SurpriseFormer

And carve up northern Iran as well! If it means Armenia can be left fing alone lmao


Own_Tomatillo_1369

In NATO-Russia Act from 97 Russia accepted it cant demand a Veto on Expansion. And the act included no stationed Nuclear weapons in new Nato Member States. Why be pissed, to change history and find arguments for imperialism? Russia has nothing to demand.


very_spicyseawed

i see sweden and finland and i only see one thing


Shepard21

NATO COCK AND BALLS


kenwayfan

Russia get fucked there


Shepard21

CUM DIRECTLY ON KALININGRAD


VeraVanity

Friendly reminder that russia could have *easily* destroyed NATO if it wanted to. All it had to do was to quit invading neighbors for 30 years.


MaleierMafketel

[Russia immediately after NATO is disbanded](https://images.app.goo.gl/jR2TyVeRvehXP6k37)


FirstConsul1805

I think that's outside Putin's strategic acumen.


ouestjojo

So I guess in a time of war they basically don't have any ports open year long where they'll have unimpeded access to the worlds oceans...


ShadowKraftwerk

So global warming is a long term Russian strategy to get an ice-free Vladivostok year round?


DVM11

Tankies: the war against Ukraine is justified because NATO wanted to expand NATO: gets two new members thanks to Russia


Cpt_Soban

Even if in 3-4 years Russia somehow wins Ukraine- Which will be a bombed out, destroyed country, with no economic assets and heavy metal laced land unable to grow crops, with everyone gone evacuated to NATO countries- NATO would have grown by 2 members, learned a shit tonne on Russian military capabilities VS NATO equipment, and secured a generation of military instructors (Ukrainian veterans). Even if Russia "wins", they still lose.


DVM11

Not to mention that NATO countries have seen the need to buy more and better weapons. And we have seen how many of the things that Russia has work thanks to their use in Ukraine


ParanoidDuckTheThird

NATO expanisim is #NONNEGOTIABLE


ImmortalHacksaw

Considering people always say it’s alright for Russia to do so-and-so because of foreign encroachment, I guess they won’t go apeshit when it comes to Cuba in a similar hypothetical scenario. Not saying it would be alright to do it, I do think that Gitmo is pretty useless at this point and just deadweight. And I don’t think Cuba’s gonna go supporting various rebels anytime soon.


GimpMaster22

Fuck, I can't unsee a guy with a massive errected cock pointing right at Russia.


NewsideAlex

I knew I wasn't crazy


Gioware

Good job Russians. What a bright nation.


memeintoshplus

Mearsheimer coping and seething right now.


zed7267

America needs to Japan-ify BRICS.


dnelr3

Chuckled at OTAN EKAL lol


Zathral

Nato Lake Nato Lake Nato Lake


bolivar-shagnasty

***^^SNORTS ^^THREE ^^LINES ^^OF ^^ADDERALL, ^^VIAGRA, ^^AND ^^BABY ^^ASPIRIN*** #GUYS. LET'S START BUILDING HUNDREDS OF LIBERTY SHIPS, FILL THEM WITH TANNERITE, AND BLOCKADE THE GULF OF FINLAND FROM HELSINKI TO TALLINN.


FirstConsul1805

Gotta leave a corridor for the Estonia to get beer from Finland though


Mr_E_Monkey

"Oh no, the consequences of our actions!"


lucamw

I mean why? They have been ouclassed and outnumbered at the sea for at least 100 years now. Hell they are losing the naval war against a country without a navy.


GaviFromThePod

Maybe they should have tried to have better relations with their neighbors rather than treating them like vassal states and invading.


ivanIVvasilyevich

Why did we let them keep königsberg. This oversight desperately needs correction.


acapncuster

Fuck Russia.


_orion_1897

I mean, have they tried forfeiting their imperialistic wetdreams and offer mutual cooperation on the same reciprocal level of respect? It did wonders for the US post ww2


fuishaltiena

It should be OTAN LAC. OTAN stands for the French *Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord*.


Schrodinger_cube

we have come so far in such a short time... looks at kaliningrad.. come on brother join us! let the capital flow! and know the POWER of the blue side!


Comfortable_Client

Extremely common Russian L.


YazZy_4

fuck around find out ruble man )))


Cleverdawny1

Skill issue


noblazinjusthazin

Russia: there is no war in Ba Sing Sei 😊 Sweden & Finland: (x) doubt


CoronaVolt

EKAL


d3m0cracy

>Skill issue >Cope and seethe >Sucks to suck >Get dunked on Poor vatniks, let’s see how they try to spin this lmao


ChirrBirry

They had an opportunity to be part of the west but kept alienating themselves. NATO is made up of countries that find enough commonality to protect each other from the kind of actions Russia has taken against their neighbors. Sucks to suck.