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BalanceLost
09/23/21 3:38:01 PM
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Media say it will be official tomorrow.

The goal of this Scandinavian military partnership is to be able to work together against shared antagonists. Which usually mean Russia.

https://www.svd.se/nytt-militart-samarbete-med-danmark-och-norge

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CADE FOSTER
09/23/21 3:38:54 PM
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They scared now
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MedeaLysistrata
09/23/21 3:39:07 PM
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I think the most important part is whether they all had specialized budgets prior to this, tbh.

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Mareen
09/23/21 3:42:10 PM
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Hm. I would've assumed that this would happen a long time ago.

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Njolk
09/23/21 3:44:06 PM
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Findland just doing their own thing?

Are they culturally distinct from the other nordics?

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Gheb
09/23/21 3:45:58 PM
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Sounds like Viking is back in business.

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Broseph_Stalin
09/23/21 3:49:27 PM
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TendoDRM
09/23/21 3:51:10 PM
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Njolk posted...
Findland just doing their own thing?

Are they culturally distinct from the other nordics?
Well they're not Scandinavian for one thing.

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Math Murderer
09/23/21 3:51:34 PM
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TIL: Sweden is not a NATO member. WTF?

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Duncanwii
09/23/21 3:51:50 PM
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Njolk posted...
Findland just doing their own thing?

Yeah that just seems fishy.
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CommonGrackle
09/23/21 3:52:06 PM
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I don't think Findland has to be told it ought to be antagonistic towards Russia, to be quite honest.
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Njolk
09/23/21 3:52:39 PM
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TendoDRM posted...
Well they're not Scandinavian for one thing.

They're not? Are they like Russians?

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CADE FOSTER
09/23/21 4:03:17 PM
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Math Murderer posted...
TIL: Sweden is not a NATO member. WTF?
Pretty sure counting on America isn't wise anymore
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Smackems
09/23/21 4:11:57 PM
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The Anglo Saxons, 1000 years later, must finally be planning a counterattack

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Crazyman93
09/23/21 4:18:38 PM
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Interesting, historically Denmark and Sweden's biggest enemy was each other. Usually over Norway.

Math Murderer posted...
TIL: Sweden is not a NATO member. WTF?
They've been historically neutral. Same as the Swiss, except it was pretty damn obvious who Sweeden wantednto win WWII.

CommonGrackle posted...
I don't think Findland has to be told it ought to be antagonistic towards Russia, to be quite honest.
Nor do they need all that much help beating them back.

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spikethedevil
09/23/21 4:20:07 PM
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TendoDRM posted...
Well they're not Scandinavian for one thing.

This @Njolk

IIRC Finland is its own thing.

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DeadBankerDream
09/23/21 4:21:58 PM
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I will only accept this if we get Skne back.

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ThyCorndog
09/23/21 4:22:28 PM
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Njolk posted...
They're not? Are they like Russians?
No. They're Finnish. They have their own culture. They're influenced by Sweden and Russia because they're sandwiched between them, but their language and culture is distinct from both. They're neither Germanic nor Slavic. As far as language goes, Russian and English are more similar to each other than Russian or Swedish are to Finnish. The country most similar to it is Estonia, speaking a language in the same ballpark as Finland, but even Estonia has its own Baltic vibe going on

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Stalolin
09/23/21 4:27:38 PM
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Mareen posted...
Hm. I would've assumed that this would happen a long time ago.

this.

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TheDurinator
09/23/21 4:30:04 PM
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Finland quaking in its boots right now
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Dathrowed1
09/23/21 4:30:45 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
No. They're Finnish. They have their own culture. They're influenced by Sweden and Russia because they're sandwiched between them, but their language and culture is distinct from both. They're neither Germanic nor Slavic. As far as language goes, Russian and English are more similar to each other than Russian or Swedish are to Finnish. The country most similar to it is Estonia, speaking a language in the same ballpark as Finland, but even Estonia has its own Baltic vibe going on
Yeah Finnish is a Uralic tongue and not Indo-European. Pashto is more related to English

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Broseph_Stalin
09/23/21 4:32:22 PM
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Mr Hangman posted...
because it seems to undermine one of the lessons of the world wars which is that there should be one international body (the UN) that includes everyone, and that entangling defense alliances were dangerous powder kegs.

The lesson learned from WWII is that the democratic states should not have appeased the authoritarian states, which is exactly why NATO exist.
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Dathrowed1
09/23/21 4:33:25 PM
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Soon to be just "Denmark"

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DeadBankerDream
09/23/21 4:34:40 PM
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Dathrowed1 posted...
Soon to be just "Denmark"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Empire

The reboot.

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Mearcstapa
09/23/21 4:34:53 PM
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Good. Fuck Russia

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ThyCorndog
09/23/21 4:36:02 PM
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Dathrowed1 posted...
Yeah Finnish is a Uralic tongue and not Indo-European. Pashto is more related to English
yep. the languages they speak in afghanistan are more similar to english than swedish is to finnish. very understandable if you know about the concept of language families, but I guess it's a mind blowing fact for people that don't, at least in my experience

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Shotgunnova
09/23/21 4:36:12 PM
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The Scandinavy

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CADE FOSTER
09/23/21 4:36:35 PM
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Mearcstapa posted...
Good. Fuck Russia

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Hexenherz
09/23/21 4:47:25 PM
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Math Murderer posted...
TIL: Sweden is not a NATO member. WTF?
Even though they're not, they do participate in a lot of joint military exercises with the US and NATO and have done a lot to support NATO military operations. Joining has been a question that's been kicked around a bit but they haven't.

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spikethedevil
09/23/21 5:48:16 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ZcRGarC5U

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BalanceLost
09/24/21 9:16:19 AM
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All 5 Nordic countries work together on a multitude of things but the 3 Scandinavian nations got a much more frosty relationship with Russia than Finland does. So there is nothing fishy about this type of alliance.

Math Murderer posted...
TIL: Sweden is not a NATO member. WTF?
Correct. We have never joined NATO.


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Guns_of_Verdun
09/24/21 9:18:44 AM
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TheDurinator posted...
Finland quaking in its boots right now
Finland knows how to take care of itself.

Ask the Russians

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teep_
09/24/21 9:19:09 AM
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The number of people conflating Nordic with Scandinavian is too damn high

BL, what's your opinion on German-Russian relations?
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Turtlebread
09/24/21 9:19:21 AM
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finland kept the body of simo hayha on ice in case russia tries anything

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DEKMStephens
09/24/21 9:25:49 AM
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But will it be called the Kalmar Military Alliance

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Guns_of_Verdun
09/24/21 9:28:37 AM
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wickerman posted...
just how strong are the swedish, norwegian and danish militaries though? Is it like saying "krillin, yamcha and Chaozu are joining together to fight Cell"?

They should just join NATO, that'd really freak russia out
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DeadBankerDream
09/24/21 9:35:17 AM
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teep_ posted...
The number of people conflating Nordic with Scandinavian is too damn high

BL, what's your opinion on German-Russian relations?
https://youtu.be/TsXMe8H6iyc

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BalanceLost
09/24/21 1:20:30 PM
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teep_ posted...
BL, what's your opinion on German-Russian relations?
I honestly have no idea what your relationship with Russia is like :o

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Questionmarktarius
09/24/21 1:46:08 PM
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Obligatory Led Zeppelin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxnAr6pRt0

Math Murderer posted...
TIL: Sweden is not a NATO member. WTF?
Norway isn't even in the EU.
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Hexenherz
09/25/21 2:54:49 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Obligatory Led Zeppelin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxnAr6pRt0

Norway isn't even in the EU.
Norway is a NATO country though lol

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TheChariot
09/25/21 3:00:20 AM
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Njolk posted...
Findland just doing their own thing?

Are they culturally distinct from the other nordics?

Yeah, the Finnish military is way too violent. I hear, when they start a fight, they always Finnish it!
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unnamedsoldier
09/25/21 3:02:04 AM
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I can't imagine a literal war in Europe not being a disaster for both sides, in this day and age
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BalanceLost
09/25/21 3:50:02 AM
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unnamedsoldier posted...
I can't imagine a literal war in Europe not being a disaster for both sides, in this day and age
Tell that to Russia who keep making aggressions left and right.

One of many examples:

https://www.google.se/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN0MI0ML20150322

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spikethedevil
09/25/21 5:22:16 AM
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unnamedsoldier posted...
I can't imagine a literal war in Europe not being a disaster for both sides, in this day and age

Because the last two werent a total disaster that were still feeling the effects of?

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unnamedsoldier
09/25/21 5:24:11 AM
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spikethedevil posted...


Because the last two werent a total disaster that were still feeling the effects of?

those didn't have nukes
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spikethedevil
09/25/21 5:31:28 AM
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unnamedsoldier posted...
those didn't have nukes

Um WW2 had nukes. And my point still stands so no moving the goal posts.

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