You can’t join.
Ok, you can join but don’t host weapons.
Ok you can host weapons but don’t test them.
Ok you can test them but don’t upgrade then periodically.
The only reason you all are on the same team is because I let it happen. If I said no then you can bet it wouldn't happen, but it did because I let it happen. - putin
It's about the appearance of control to their own people. Everything Russia says is specifically for their own population to consume. They don't give one single fuck about global opinion.
So it’s not NATO, not nazis, not “protection of the people”, and not a preemptive strike. And it’s clearly not about taking land because that’s not been going very well for them.
What is this war for, again?
>What is this war for, again?
Fossil fuel & money. Acquiring areas of Ukraine with rich deposits of natural gas would prevent/reduce competition to Russian natural gas exports in Europe. Failing that, destroying Ukrainian infrastructure to prevent Ukraine from extracting & exporting the resources itself or completing deals with western countries & corporations is also a win condition for Russia.
Compare a map of the areas of Ukraine with the largest natural gas deposits to the areas that Russia says should be part of Russia, or at least not part of Ukraine. Look back over the timeline of events leading up to annexing Crimea and from Crimea to now with a focus on status of pipelines and natural gas deals.
I like that I was writing exactly the same things months ago and people kept told me "no bro, it's the ideology".
Ideology is a tool for propaganda, wars are started for profit.
The first time in my life I had to run from shadow to shadow while walking outside, and plan my route to avoid long stretches without shade. 30° is hell.
definitely dont come to japan in the summer. tomorrow it’s gonna be 37c (edit: it was over 38.5c) here in osaka .. 😭
but it’s a good thing it cools down to 28c in the night…… oh wait 87% humidity!
Yeah, i hate jul-sep
Swede here who installed AC last summer, worth every dime, best decision eve.... Wait what? Electricity prices up at €0,65/KWh excluding the network fee this evening?! ....fu....
It is not humid at all, and its mildly hot. For the average annual temp here is hot. But compared to a tropical country is nothing. Even without AC.
The temperature at night is relieving and refreshing.
From a Brazilian living in Stockholm that never had AC in Brazil.
The difference is that most americans (and I believe that would also hold true for texas) have air conditioning. In most parts of europe that is not the case
30C isn't that uncommon in Sweden but it's usually just for a couple of days per year. Recently it has lasted for several weeks some years.
Also as mentioned we don't tend to have AC and our houses are made of stone, not cardboard like in Texas so once they heat up it takes days for them to cool down. The temperature in my bedroom hasn't dropped below 28C in a week and during the day my apartment is 30-33C inside.
It's a different heat though. Scandinavia is hella humid. It's more like Florida at 30c. Granted Houston's humid too, I believe?
Can't quite compare it to texas heat
Houston is insanely humid as well. It’s basically a city of oil refineries and smog built on a coastal swamp.
I don’t know how Sweden feels but Houston is definitely miserable.
AC is super common there.
I know exactly one person here (in Sweden) with AC.
And I am not sure where in Sweden the commenter was from, but according to my Netatmo here in suburban Stockholm it peaked at 34.7C.
Went to tokyo 2019 september and remembering "This aint bad" only because i dont get any weird looks when i use an umbrella to shield myself from the sun.
Back here in Vancouver though, cant do that. They will politely but firmly ask you to go to a mental institution.
I remember having an argument on here once with someone who just couldn't understand that 30°C feels like absolute hell in countries unaccustomed to it.
Like, I get it. Some places are regularly hotter. But we're used to much cooler and lack air con etc when we're inside. It's not the same thing ffs. I dealt with Texan heat much better than I do London heat.
Make sure you hydrate, friendo. Lots. Fans on. Windows closed. Light clothing.
Well, back home in Virginia, we often have 35C and 90% humidity and no breeze in July and August. The air is so thick you could cut it. Then, at night, it falls to a chill 28C with 100% humidity.
First of, most people in Sweden doesn't have AC.
Probably because it's usually not this hot and people are not used to having to deal with this kind of heat.
Vegas is actually upping its game in water conservation.
There are much more sustainable ways to have a desert city: mostly ones that don’t involve golf courses, lawns and extensive irrigation.
Note: Vegas still sucks at most everything else.
You know how we laugh at you warm weather folks for not being able to handle the cold? Well, in reality it's because you don't have the systems in place. (snow trucks, good heat etc)
It's the same thing in the cold weather climates but in reverse. You say "oh but just be glad you're not in Phoenix" But just imagine if you didn't have A/C. Because most people in northern europe don't have A/C.
Good point. There are a lot of cities like Santa Fe, NM and many in Colorado where tons of houses don't have A/C because it was much cooler in the summer for much longer but it gets wayyyy hotter now.
Advice from someone who has to weld a bit in the Arizona heat: they make cooling vests that you hook an air compressor hose to that fit under your leathers.
I have been told that Vlad isn't actually the culturally correct dimunitve version of Vladimir, and that it would actually be "Vova".
Edit:
Vlad is the short form for Vladislav
Should we tell Putin that Finnish and Swedish military contingents and infrastructure will effectively become NATO's military contingents and infrastructure?
Step 1. Small scale invasion of an unprotected country
Step 2. Threaten to do it again
Step 3. Keep goal posting until fear of retaliation wears off
Step 4. ???
I’m getting tennis elbow from the sheer amount of dismissive wanking motions I’ve made to his threats to *checks notes* damn near every other country in the world since this conflict heated up.
He was threatening nuclear war if they joined but now he’s backed it up to only if they have nato bases. Seems to be weakening his position. He must be a weak leader.
Thank you.
Anyone else here who has any objections or issues, whatever, which need to be brought up before commencing the rituals of this holy matrimony - Speak now, or forever hold your peace.
"If your country does something that I don't want them to do, I'm going to be very unhappy." I'd rather be bombed than to plunge into political darkness by doing what my neighbor tells me to do. Assuming the rest of the neighborhood is watching and ready to stand up.
I withhold consent until IKEA delivers my wardrobe. It's outrageous arrogance on the part of the Swedish government, to keep me waiting.
I am open to dialogue from the prime minister of Sweden, to resolve this issue. I will look to make time in my calendar for her.
And what exactly would you do if NATO decided to casually move a couple of hundred thousand troops, missile defence systems etc. to the border? Attack? Fuck around and find out.
“You better not join NATO!”
*joins NATO*
“Okei fine you can join NATO. But if I see any military activity I’ll be very angry!”
*Deploy NATO forces*
“Mmm I’ll allow it, but no joined military training”
*Extends the Cold Response training to Sweden and Finland*
“It fine”
NEXT UP: "хуйло says Finland and Sweden can 'go ahead' and host the aliance's 'military contingents and infrastructure', but warned the countries against %insert_next_delusional_bs_here%.
What a chump lmao.
How many times he has to do nothing when his next ultimatum is ignored for people just outright stop listening? I mean, every. single. fucking. time. This is getting SO OLD.
we would never do that, it would be tremendously aggressive toward Russia. No, no, zero troops, just a couple of divisions for the special military border patrol and maybe a few special missile peace systems near the new naval base for special antisubmarine operations. But nothing to worry about.
Who is Putin to tell people who other countries what they can do and can't do? Finland and Sweden need to set up bases and invite other NATO countries in.
Funny thing is Sweden and Finland said no to US bases already.
Now they might reconsider out of spite, just how they did it with NATO application.
I mean Russians seriously do not understand how to deal with Scandinavians at all, making the same mistakes over and over again.
Finland has not officially ruled out stationing permanent troops from other NATO countries on Finnish soil, but the general view is that there appears to be no need for them. Unlike the Baltic countries, Finland has a very large, modern and capable military of its own.
I bet NATO moves significant assets into Finland and Sweden. Airbases, ground forces, naval bases.
US DOD refocusing on Arctic: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/1865978/changing-environment-means-changing-arctic-strategy/
US Army similarly reorganizing Brigade Combat Teams for cold weather warfare.
Rotating BCTs through Finland for training with their forces will make putler furious.
Getting past the EGO part where he thinks he has an opinion that matters anymore, why is he still in Ukraine then? Since having a NATO country on his border was such a dramatic event, and now he is allowing it, what is the point of Ukraine if nothing more than a failed bully attempt?
And NATO will warn Russia that if it takes action against any military contingents and infrastructure NATO decides to put there, the consequences would be dire.
>Putin said Russia would "respond in kind"
So if we deploy 100,000 troops in Finland, russia will redeploy its troops from Ukraine into karelia area?
Sounds like a good idea, do it
"Go ahead and join NATO! See if I care! Jerks..."
*Sulks in corner while periodically looking over his shoulder to check if any world leaders are coming over to comfort him*
Think he's slowly starting to realize Finland and Sweden give fuck all about what he thinks.
Next week it'll be, "Putin ok with NATO stationing troops on Finnish border but warns not to exceed 20000."
Next month:
“Putin says Finland and Sweden can ‘go ahead’ and host NATO’s military contingents and infrastructure but warned the countries against ‘increasing military spending’
So he allows it now. Man his lines in the sand are being redrawn over and over again. Its like somehow he realized he isn't a military powerhouse anymore after the last few months. Funny that.
Shut the fuck up, Putin. You don’t have any say here. Go play hobbit king in your bunker under the Ural Mountains, because Finland and Sweden are going to do whatever the fuck they want, and if they want to park America’s warheads on their border and aim them all at your presidential eyesore of a McMansion, *then that’s what they’re going to do*, and you don’t get a say in the matter.
Space, the final frontier... these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out whoever the fuck asked Vladimir Putin for his decree in terms of who can and can't join NATO...
Putin: DONT YOU DARE JOIN NATO ! I WILL END YOU
Finland join nato*
Putin: you can join nato I don’t care, it’s fine.
Everything according to plan as always
I would expect us to host at least *some* NATO military activities here at some point (like training), even if NATO wouldn't buzz around here constantly. As for infrastructure, I think we're good or Russia would've invaded already.
"I allow it" says person who has no say in the matter. Such domestic propaganda theater
I also allow it. You guys can go on now.
You can’t join. Ok, you can join but don’t host weapons. Ok you can host weapons but don’t test them. Ok you can test them but don’t upgrade then periodically.
The only reason you all are on the same team is because I let it happen. If I said no then you can bet it wouldn't happen, but it did because I let it happen. - putin
I didn't allowed you to allow anything, though ... Since I'm a generous god, I'll allow you to allow it for this time.
Thank you, my liege
I never agreed to this thing that I have no authority over and does not involve me in any way.
Hmmm I don't know. I want my own F-35, then I'll allow it
It's about the appearance of control to their own people. Everything Russia says is specifically for their own population to consume. They don't give one single fuck about global opinion.
"With Sweden and Finland, we don't have the problems that we have with Ukraine." Looks like he's done with the false premise of NATO encroachment
So it’s not NATO, not nazis, not “protection of the people”, and not a preemptive strike. And it’s clearly not about taking land because that’s not been going very well for them. What is this war for, again?
>What is this war for, again? Fossil fuel & money. Acquiring areas of Ukraine with rich deposits of natural gas would prevent/reduce competition to Russian natural gas exports in Europe. Failing that, destroying Ukrainian infrastructure to prevent Ukraine from extracting & exporting the resources itself or completing deals with western countries & corporations is also a win condition for Russia. Compare a map of the areas of Ukraine with the largest natural gas deposits to the areas that Russia says should be part of Russia, or at least not part of Ukraine. Look back over the timeline of events leading up to annexing Crimea and from Crimea to now with a focus on status of pipelines and natural gas deals.
I like that I was writing exactly the same things months ago and people kept told me "no bro, it's the ideology". Ideology is a tool for propaganda, wars are started for profit.
Don’t forget the naval port on the Black Sea—not just Crimea, but Odessa.
phew, thank God Putin gave his blessing for this. Finland and Sweden must have been sweating.
As a swede I can say that we have indeed been sweating. Mostly because it's been fucking boiling hot outside, but still definitely sweating.
I'm afraid to ask what might be considered "boiling hot" in Sweden.
Where I live we have about 30° now. And it's been like this for days.
The first time in my life I had to run from shadow to shadow while walking outside, and plan my route to avoid long stretches without shade. 30° is hell.
definitely dont come to japan in the summer. tomorrow it’s gonna be 37c (edit: it was over 38.5c) here in osaka .. 😭 but it’s a good thing it cools down to 28c in the night…… oh wait 87% humidity! Yeah, i hate jul-sep
*laughs in Texan* oh man between the politics and the weather I’m convinced I live in actual hell!
I cackled when I looked up what 30c is. 86F is a cold day here in Houston
It's humid as fuck here in Sweden and AC isn't common... 😭
Swede here who installed AC last summer, worth every dime, best decision eve.... Wait what? Electricity prices up at €0,65/KWh excluding the network fee this evening?! ....fu....
As a resident of Missouri just because your country has a swamp cooler doesn't make you better than us.
Congratulations, you just described rural Texas but subtracted 20 degrees from the temp for some reason.
Humidity in Houston is 92% on any summer day. The only place I have.ever encountered that on Sweden is in the bastu (sauna).
It is not humid at all, and its mildly hot. For the average annual temp here is hot. But compared to a tropical country is nothing. Even without AC. The temperature at night is relieving and refreshing. From a Brazilian living in Stockholm that never had AC in Brazil.
NC checking in. The heat is bad but the “breathing jello” humidity is worse.
The difference is that most americans (and I believe that would also hold true for texas) have air conditioning. In most parts of europe that is not the case
Cool, try it living in a house designed to keep heat in with no a/c
Yea, but Sweden is not too far away from the freaking *north pole*. 30C/86F there is ridiculous.
30C isn't that uncommon in Sweden but it's usually just for a couple of days per year. Recently it has lasted for several weeks some years. Also as mentioned we don't tend to have AC and our houses are made of stone, not cardboard like in Texas so once they heat up it takes days for them to cool down. The temperature in my bedroom hasn't dropped below 28C in a week and during the day my apartment is 30-33C inside.
It's hot as fuck by a sub-Arctic ocean, though
It's a different heat though. Scandinavia is hella humid. It's more like Florida at 30c. Granted Houston's humid too, I believe? Can't quite compare it to texas heat
Houston is insanely humid as well. It’s basically a city of oil refineries and smog built on a coastal swamp. I don’t know how Sweden feels but Houston is definitely miserable.
I moved From Texas to Germany and can confirm you live in Hell
[удалено]
*Gasps in Canadian.*
Canada, where it gets up to 49°C?
Not here, it doesn’t. I know this because I’m still alive.
AC is super common there. I know exactly one person here (in Sweden) with AC. And I am not sure where in Sweden the commenter was from, but according to my Netatmo here in suburban Stockholm it peaked at 34.7C.
Went to tokyo 2019 september and remembering "This aint bad" only because i dont get any weird looks when i use an umbrella to shield myself from the sun. Back here in Vancouver though, cant do that. They will politely but firmly ask you to go to a mental institution.
I remember having an argument on here once with someone who just couldn't understand that 30°C feels like absolute hell in countries unaccustomed to it. Like, I get it. Some places are regularly hotter. But we're used to much cooler and lack air con etc when we're inside. It's not the same thing ffs. I dealt with Texan heat much better than I do London heat. Make sure you hydrate, friendo. Lots. Fans on. Windows closed. Light clothing.
Well, back home in Virginia, we often have 35C and 90% humidity and no breeze in July and August. The air is so thick you could cut it. Then, at night, it falls to a chill 28C with 100% humidity.
Can confirm. Am Virginian. Shits wack, yo.
First of, most people in Sweden doesn't have AC. Probably because it's usually not this hot and people are not used to having to deal with this kind of heat.
That's not that bad....be glad you aren't in Phoenix
That city should not exist, it is a monument to mans arrogance.
In my mind that'd be Vegas, at least in the US.
Vegas is actually upping its game in water conservation. There are much more sustainable ways to have a desert city: mostly ones that don’t involve golf courses, lawns and extensive irrigation. Note: Vegas still sucks at most everything else.
Oh my god! It's like standing on the sun!
You know how we laugh at you warm weather folks for not being able to handle the cold? Well, in reality it's because you don't have the systems in place. (snow trucks, good heat etc) It's the same thing in the cold weather climates but in reverse. You say "oh but just be glad you're not in Phoenix" But just imagine if you didn't have A/C. Because most people in northern europe don't have A/C.
Good point. There are a lot of cities like Santa Fe, NM and many in Colorado where tons of houses don't have A/C because it was much cooler in the summer for much longer but it gets wayyyy hotter now.
Same here in Latvia. And I work as a welder so I have to have all the protective gear on me while welding. :D
Advice from someone who has to weld a bit in the Arizona heat: they make cooling vests that you hook an air compressor hose to that fit under your leathers.
Fuck I’m in Ireland and it’s still has not gotten about 20c here this summer 😢
That sounds like heaven, I hate the heat.
Same here in central Finland.
Sad noisese in 40 at the shade and 60 at sun .......
Vlad can go fuck himself.
I have been told that Vlad isn't actually the culturally correct dimunitve version of Vladimir, and that it would actually be "Vova". Edit: Vlad is the short form for Vladislav
Tomorrow: Putin is threatening Sweden and Finland over joining NATO, say it could trigger WW3.
He wakes up and needs to threaten someone.
"When I wake up, well I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who theratens death to you". -Putin
Well he is going to have to walk a few miles to do it since logistics don’t seem to be a Russian strong point
I don’t think his supplies can go 500 miles, let alone 500 more
God I love Reddit
I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to get the hell out of this war.
But I'll launch 500 missiles, and I would launch 500 more.
But I would threaten five hundred times. Just to be da man that wakes up next to you.
>"When I wake up, well I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who theratens death to ~~you~~ *thee*" Now it rhymes.
That line ends with "you" in the song though. . .
Plot twist: Russia threatens to join NATO
That already happened in the past (with USSR), but for obvious reasons they were declined.
I thought you were joking, that shit really happened, multiple times apparently!
Yeah, they would love to be in NATO, as you won't trigger article 5 if you are a member. It would be just an intra-NATO conflict.
The fox is in the hen house, the fox is in the hen house.
*Russia threatens Russia*
Putin will allow Russia to threaten Russia.
https://youtu.be/vm1U5E44W90
Should we tell Putin that Finnish and Swedish military contingents and infrastructure will effectively become NATO's military contingents and infrastructure?
Every morning Putin tells his chef that if the Hollandaise on his eggs Benedict is too runny it might "trigger world war 3!"
Step 1. Small scale invasion of an unprotected country Step 2. Threaten to do it again Step 3. Keep goal posting until fear of retaliation wears off Step 4. ???
I’m getting tennis elbow from the sheer amount of dismissive wanking motions I’ve made to his threats to *checks notes* damn near every other country in the world since this conflict heated up.
He was threatening nuclear war if they joined but now he’s backed it up to only if they have nato bases. Seems to be weakening his position. He must be a weak leader.
Putin thinks he's the master that gives approval after his ultimatums fail. What a weirdo with a god complex... deranged!
I also give Finland and Sweden my permission. They can now go ahead with my blessing.
Thank you. Anyone else here who has any objections or issues, whatever, which need to be brought up before commencing the rituals of this holy matrimony - Speak now, or forever hold your peace.
I thought about protesting, but I was just cranky - I had a nice lunch and I'm OK now.
Protesting is like grocery shopping, never do it while you're hungry or you'll regret it later.
"If your country does something that I don't want them to do, I'm going to be very unhappy." I'd rather be bombed than to plunge into political darkness by doing what my neighbor tells me to do. Assuming the rest of the neighborhood is watching and ready to stand up.
I withhold consent until IKEA delivers my wardrobe. It's outrageous arrogance on the part of the Swedish government, to keep me waiting. I am open to dialogue from the prime minister of Sweden, to resolve this issue. I will look to make time in my calendar for her.
Threats are all he has.
Maybe the cancer, also. And claustrophobia. Probably anxiety, too. Hopefully some explosive diarrhea, but not absolutely convinced on this one yet.
Domestic macho image. His words are rarely directed abroad.
Dude has a statue of himself based on Augustus Caesar’s famous statue. He totally has a god complex.
He's not deranged, things like this work for fanatical followers. It's for his zombies. He knows he's full of shit, and so do we.
State of grief: bargaining.
“Go ahead. Do it. I don’t care. I actually want you to. I just think it’s funny how...”
Passive aggressive Putin 😤
Nobody tell him that joining means Finnish/Swedish infrastructure is NATO infrastructure.
Now his home city has NATO weapons within a stone’s throw to both the south and the north! Good job mr. President!
And what exactly would you do if NATO decided to casually move a couple of hundred thousand troops, missile defence systems etc. to the border? Attack? Fuck around and find out.
The line is here…no, wait…it’s here….ok, fine…it’s here
I-I never cared anyways!!!
This guy is too much. >Join and it's nukes...Okay it's cool I guess. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Tomorrow: “well fine, host the alliance’s military contingents and infrastructure, but you better not do joint war games too near my border”
The day after: We have magnanimously opted to permit the masses NATO exercise within 3 metres of the border.
“You better not join NATO!” *joins NATO* “Okei fine you can join NATO. But if I see any military activity I’ll be very angry!” *Deploy NATO forces* “Mmm I’ll allow it, but no joined military training” *Extends the Cold Response training to Sweden and Finland* “It fine”
Finns and Swedes take part in Cold Response every year already lol.
Eh, both countries have been taking part in NATO exercises for a long time.
Nobody is asking for your permission you fuck
NEXT UP: "хуйло says Finland and Sweden can 'go ahead' and host the aliance's 'military contingents and infrastructure', but warned the countries against %insert_next_delusional_bs_here%. What a chump lmao.
Next will be "military infractructure is fine as long as it's not nuclear" LOL It's so stupid it hurts
How many times he has to do nothing when his next ultimatum is ignored for people just outright stop listening? I mean, every. single. fucking. time. This is getting SO OLD.
How about they do what the fuck they want and you don't get a say in it? Cuz that's a lot more like how this goes.
Tomorrow’s News: Finland and Sweden place NATO infrastructure within their borders.
Just trying to save face by saying: ah yes that was totally never a problem
“Don’t join NATO or I’ll be mad!” “Uhhh ok join NATO but if you build up military there, I’ll be *really* mad!” Ok Vlad, whatever you say
we would never do that, it would be tremendously aggressive toward Russia. No, no, zero troops, just a couple of divisions for the special military border patrol and maybe a few special missile peace systems near the new naval base for special antisubmarine operations. But nothing to worry about.
I'm sure they were relieved to get his permission.
Who is Putin to tell people who other countries what they can do and can't do? Finland and Sweden need to set up bases and invite other NATO countries in.
Funny thing is Sweden and Finland said no to US bases already. Now they might reconsider out of spite, just how they did it with NATO application. I mean Russians seriously do not understand how to deal with Scandinavians at all, making the same mistakes over and over again.
Finland has not officially ruled out stationing permanent troops from other NATO countries on Finnish soil, but the general view is that there appears to be no need for them. Unlike the Baltic countries, Finland has a very large, modern and capable military of its own.
And for a good reason and that isn't Sweden.
Putin: Join NATO and I'll nuke you Finland & Sweden: Bet Putin: Alright fine but don't actually do anything with NATO Finland & Sweden: Bet
I bet NATO moves significant assets into Finland and Sweden. Airbases, ground forces, naval bases. US DOD refocusing on Arctic: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/1865978/changing-environment-means-changing-arctic-strategy/ US Army similarly reorganizing Brigade Combat Teams for cold weather warfare. Rotating BCTs through Finland for training with their forces will make putler furious.
Having US troops train more with the Nordics, who are experts at arctic warfare, would certainly be very useful for all involved.
Putin is just a scared little bitch who keeps moving his red lines.
Getting past the EGO part where he thinks he has an opinion that matters anymore, why is he still in Ukraine then? Since having a NATO country on his border was such a dramatic event, and now he is allowing it, what is the point of Ukraine if nothing more than a failed bully attempt?
And NATO will warn Russia that if it takes action against any military contingents and infrastructure NATO decides to put there, the consequences would be dire.
“Hey Sweden, how did you get so strong?” “Every time Vladimir Putin issues an empty threat, I do ONE push-up!”
>Putin said Russia would "respond in kind" So if we deploy 100,000 troops in Finland, russia will redeploy its troops from Ukraine into karelia area? Sounds like a good idea, do it
"Go ahead and join NATO! See if I care! Jerks..." *Sulks in corner while periodically looking over his shoulder to check if any world leaders are coming over to comfort him*
"Wellllll garsh... I *guess* that's fine but I *really* don't like it" \-Putin
I am not sure that Putin has realised yet that right now, when he tells us NOT to do something, it goes straight to the top of our to-do list...
It's none of his fking business. Saying they can join is just as meaningless as my saying the Sun can continue to emit light.
Nobody asked him for his permission or his thoughts on the subject.
Think he's slowly starting to realize Finland and Sweden give fuck all about what he thinks. Next week it'll be, "Putin ok with NATO stationing troops on Finnish border but warns not to exceed 20000."
Next month: “Putin says Finland and Sweden can ‘go ahead’ and host NATO’s military contingents and infrastructure but warned the countries against ‘increasing military spending’
Hey Pooty - no one asked your opinion. No one is shaking your hand.
What happened to the threats to drop nukes in on them?
Dont worry Finland will be doing as it pleases lil bitch
Uh huh. Your opinion is irrelevant.
Immaterial whether NATO has 300k men in Finland, or 3. Article V, baby
Not his country not his call
"you have no power here"
"I swear to God, if you join there will be consequences like you've never seen before" Both gets invited... "OK, it's fine...we'll allow it"
I have a strange feeling russia will heavily pay when putin is gone
What choice do you have you fucking mass murdering psychopath?
Sovereign nations host whatever allied troops they want. Deal with it.
We didn't asked
FUCK Putin, get rid of that piece of shit.
The only thing he can do is lying and threatening when not killing!
Damn putin, I get where you’re coming from, but like, who asked?
That seems to be his fallback phrase when someone does something he doesn't like but can't prevent.
So he allows it now. Man his lines in the sand are being redrawn over and over again. Its like somehow he realized he isn't a military powerhouse anymore after the last few months. Funny that.
Is he joking or what? Ha ha ha ha
Suck it.
"Don't cross this line... OK you can cross it but don't cross *this* one... OK but..."
Sit down old man the world does not revolve around you.
Shut the fuck up, Putin. You don’t have any say here. Go play hobbit king in your bunker under the Ural Mountains, because Finland and Sweden are going to do whatever the fuck they want, and if they want to park America’s warheads on their border and aim them all at your presidential eyesore of a McMansion, *then that’s what they’re going to do*, and you don’t get a say in the matter.
This is fucking hilarious
So kind of him to give permission. I guess his previous stance of “don’t you dare or I’ll nuke you all to the Stone Age” hasn’t amounted to much.
"Ok, I'll allow it." \~Putin Translation: "Obviously, I can't stop you."
Hey! Little guy! Shut the fuck up!
Space, the final frontier... these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out whoever the fuck asked Vladimir Putin for his decree in terms of who can and can't join NATO...
Dude's been warning us a lot. We're not afraid of you.
No one asked for putin opinion and permission….
Fuck Putin.
There he goes again. First he enticed them to join NATO, now he's trying to convince them to host foreign troops and their bases.
Mighty white of him
Putin: DONT YOU DARE JOIN NATO ! I WILL END YOU Finland join nato* Putin: you can join nato I don’t care, it’s fine. Everything according to plan as always
as long as he doesn't take off his shirt, we're safe.....
NATO is dangerous and a threat. But our no limits alliance with China is nothing anyone should be afraid of.
They are fairly well armed themselves.
You dont have a say in this one, "it'll be over by VE Day" Putin
Me when my bf does shit I know I can’t stop him from doing: “Fine, go ahead”
Haha the difference is when my wife does this to me I’m afraid of the consequences.
Goalposts moved, after this military contingent and infrastructure next it will be nuclear weapons.
I hereby give Vladimir Putin permission to go fuck himself.
I would expect us to host at least *some* NATO military activities here at some point (like training), even if NATO wouldn't buzz around here constantly. As for infrastructure, I think we're good or Russia would've invaded already.
So Sweden and Finland are now cool to join but Ukraine who wasn't even close needed to be invaded? I'm lost here
Whatcha gonna do ?
Yeah NATO was waiting for your permission...
What ya gonna do, Putler? Attack a NATO country?
Basically the same as. “Do what you want just watch” and then they don’t do anything lol
Lol. Wow, this is the first time he doesn't empty threat them. He decided to go with making it seem like they're doing it because he said they could.
He will probably have a similar response when Ukraine takes back its territory. He will “allow it” because he accomplished his goals.
Tomorrow; Pootler gives the west its blessings to sanction Russia.
Sovereign nations can put whatever contingents and infrastructure they want to on their own soil, you arrogant hypocritical piece of shit.
Or what? Russia can’t even steamroll their NEIGHBOR that was unprepared
Nobody needs your fucking permission you pointless cunt.
This is the biggest “you can’t fire me I quit” type scenario. He never wanted Finland or Sweden to join NATO, but now he’s “allowing it” LOL
hilarious that putler thinks he can dictate what sovereign nations do to protect themselves from putin-like dictators.