Maybe the people are problem and that is very easy problem to solve but Russia do need Baltics for defense. The North European Plain is a massive, unbroken expanse of flat land that stretches from the French coast all the way to the Ural Mountains without any natural defenses.
History proves this is not only a futile sentiment, but also an inhumane ideology.
It's one thing to berate the problems with NATO, the EU, and even the individual countries within. It's another thing entirely to simp for Russia with delusions of grandeur that neither the Tsars nor the Soviets (or the "Holy" Roman Empire for that matter...) could achieve ultimately without negative recourse.
Whether it was the partisans of the last century or the Semigallians of old. No occupying force has been able to conquer the Baltic Coast without immense difficulty and stubbornness from the native populations.
Let the Balts have their birch trees and beets. There's nothing much else for export other than headaches for any occupier.
Kurši attitude is not so different than stereotypical American patriotism. Hard force to break and at what cumulative costs?
No occupying force has been able to conquer the Baltic Coast without immense difficulty and stubbornness from the native populations.
I'm in Estonia. Our ancestors were savages who raided the vikings. In 967, we kidnapped a Norwegian queen and prince and held them for ransom. Danish church prayers had verses in them asking God to protect Denmark from Estonians. Crusaders wrote in their chronicles that these were dark, sunless lands where devils lived in the woods. In the 1343 Jüriöö uprising, nearly every German man, woman and child in the western half of the country was systematically murdered by the natives and that glorious day is still celebrated today. Romans reached these lands but didn't dare to settle here because they thought the edge of the world was near.
Millennia of turmoil, countless wars and uprisings and here we are, living free. This Russian expat in Finland wants to be an armchair general for some fantasy conquest? Try it, see what happens.
Let the Balts have their birch trees and beets.
In addition to birches and beets, Estonia has Europe's largest phosphorus deposits and the world's largest easily accessible oil shale deposits.
Exactly my point fren. No one is "taking" nor presumptuous "deservedly" the Baltic region. This is proven many times over the past 1,500 years.
This Russian expat in Finland wants to be an armchair general...
Thank you for calling attention to this matter. You are not the only one who recognizes the posting patterns. It's one thing to criticize NATO & EU policy while realizing geopolitics, the corruption, and Russian point of view as well as involvement. It's another to suggest oppressing a historically defiantly patriotic people because <insert BS Commie muh Russian rights> underlying narrative here.
Maybe the people are problem and that is very easy problem to solve but Russia do need Baltics for defense. The North European Plain is a massive, unbroken expanse of flat land that stretches from the French coast all the way to the Ural Mountains without any natural defenses.
History proves this is not only a futile sentiment, but also an inhumane ideology.
It's one thing to berate the problems with NATO, the EU, and even the individual countries within. It's another thing entirely to simp for Russia with delusions of grandeur that neither the Tsars nor the Soviets (or the "Holy" Roman Empire for that matter...) could achieve ultimately without negative recourse.
Whether it was the partisans of the last century or the Semigallians of old. No occupying force has been able to conquer the Baltic Coast without immense difficulty and stubbornness from the native populations.
Let the Balts have their birch trees and beets. There's nothing much else for export other than headaches for any occupier.
Kurši attitude is not so different than stereotypical American patriotism. Hard force to break and at what cumulative costs?
I'm in Estonia. Our ancestors were savages who raided the vikings. In 967, we kidnapped a Norwegian queen and prince and held them for ransom. Danish church prayers had verses in them asking God to protect Denmark from Estonians. Crusaders wrote in their chronicles that these were dark, sunless lands where devils lived in the woods. In the 1343 Jüriöö uprising, nearly every German man, woman and child in the western half of the country was systematically murdered by the natives and that glorious day is still celebrated today. Romans reached these lands but didn't dare to settle here because they thought the edge of the world was near.
Millennia of turmoil, countless wars and uprisings and here we are, living free. This Russian expat in Finland wants to be an armchair general for some fantasy conquest? Try it, see what happens.
In addition to birches and beets, Estonia has Europe's largest phosphorus deposits and the world's largest easily accessible oil shale deposits.
Exactly my point fren. No one is "taking" nor presumptuous "deservedly" the Baltic region. This is proven many times over the past 1,500 years.
Thank you for calling attention to this matter. You are not the only one who recognizes the posting patterns. It's one thing to criticize NATO & EU policy while realizing geopolitics, the corruption, and Russian point of view as well as involvement. It's another to suggest oppressing a historically defiantly patriotic people because <insert BS Commie muh Russian rights> underlying narrative here.
Here we go again, veiled threats of genocide again. Dream on comrade, the Finns kicked commie ass before, what makes you think they can’t do it again?
How is the two month special operation going?