r/ShitAmericansSay • u/woodhead2011 • 4d ago

Finland enjoyed the protection of the American nuclear deturance, which we paid for, before & now that you've finally joined NATO! This is why the Soviet's didn't take all of Finland with their millions of troops & superior military. You'd be speaking Russian without US. FACT. 🤡

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u/Morlakar 4d ago

They never heard about the deadliest sniper in human history. A guy called Simo Häyhä. Spoiler, that guy is not an US-American.
The last time Russia tried to take Finland by force it didn't work well for Russia.

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u/schneeleopard8 4d ago

Actually at the end Finland still lost and had to give away some territory to the USSR.

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u/Morlakar 4d ago

Actually, Russia showed that they are not able to steamroll Finland. They lost some land but that is not comparable to being part of Russia instead of an independant country.

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u/schneeleopard8 4d ago

USSR, not Russia.

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u/KiwiFruit404 4d ago

Well, Russia one way, or the other forced the other countries to join the USSR and it was the dominant and leading power, so calling the USSR Russia is not that far off.

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 4d ago

Technically true. However Russia was first among not-quite-equals, and Russian ethnicity was held above others, occuped nations and regions were required to learn Russian. And the USSR was also first among not-at-all-equals, all wanted all the International Socialism movements to look to them for leadership. Which didn't happen of course.