Russia declares war on Canada's NATO envoy on Twitter - Polidicks

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7OP9eOg.png[/IMG] [QUOTE]You can lecture and threaten and sanction all you want, but in foreign affairs, sometimes all it really takes is a Twitter flame war. A feud has broken out on social media between the Canadian and Russian NATO delegations following troubling reports out of Ukraine, spurred by video that appeared to show Russian soldiers inside the country's eastern border. The troop movement has raised alarms, as some are calling it the potential buildup to — or beginning of — a Russian offensive. Moscow has declared innocence over the incident, with President Vladimir Putin even suggesting the soldiers simply got lost. That claim, laughable if it wasn’t so serious, prompted Canada's NATO delegation to put the Russian military on blast over its poor mountaineering skills. The Canadian Joint Delegation to NATO issued a sarcastic message to Moscow on Wednesday, attempting to show Russian soldiers the difference between Russia and Ukraine. The Moscow Times also reported that Canada's map was wrong, in an article titled "Canadian attempt to teach Russia geography botched by map fail." It's drenched in as much derision and one-upmanship as the original tweet. "Ironically, the Canadian mission's lesson went askew as the exclave Kaliningrad —West of Lithuania — is also painted in white, despite belonging to Russia since 1945," it reads. "Crimea and the town of Sevastopol are also colourless, though it is unclear whether the mission did so to make a political statement on the legitimacy of Russia's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula in March." We can't say for sure what the message is in regards to Kaliningrad (though the newspaper itself recent shed doubt on Moscow's claim to the region).[/QUOTE] [url]https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-brew/russia-fires-back-nato-canada-not-russia-tweet-204232135.html[/url]

this is getting more and more absurd with each day

twitter war declared

What's the point? They're just going to have to change it in a week when Vladimir Putin reforms of the Soviet Union starting with a hostile takeover of Ukraine.

Cyber warfare is limited to 140characters.

[QUOTE=Korova;45831993]What's the point? They're just going to have to change it in a week when Vladimir Putin reforms of the Soviet Union starting with a hostile takeover of Ukraine.[/QUOTE] Id say its more going down the road of reforming the empire, rather than reforming the soviet union

My heart skipped a beat for a moment

tactical block inbound

[quote]"Crimea and the town of Sevastopol are also colourless, [B]though it is unclear whether the mission did so to make a political statement [/B]on the legitimacy of Russia's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula in March."[/quote] Yeah it's a complete mystery as to what labeling Crimea as not Russia means.

Twitter is the battlefield of the future. Bullets and nukes are a thing of the past. Snarky one-liners and pictures are the latest innovation in weapons technology.

[QUOTE=Thlis;45832052]Yeah it's a complete mystery as to what labeling Crimea as not Russia means.[/QUOTE] Why'd they label Abkhazia as Russia?

This is a zing by Russia if I've ever heard one.

One of the comments in another article : [quote]Anyway it's nice to see some people can have a giggle whilst others are wondering if their children will soon be dead.[/quote]

That's funny.

I think it would be hilarious if Russia declared war on Canada and Canada alone.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;45832664]would twitlonger be considered a warcrime?[/QUOTE] It's against the Geneva convention

0/10 no transnistria bad russian propaganda

I find it amusing that they declared Crimea as Russian when last I checked it was Independent, but allied with Russia. I guess they're dropping even that pretence, huh?

[QUOTE=Craigewan;45835629]I find it amusing that they declared Crimea as Russian when last I checked it was Independent, but allied with Russia. I guess they're dropping even that pretence, huh?[/QUOTE] Last I checked Crimea was a federal subject of Russia [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea[/url]

[QUOTE=Kljunas;45835791]Last I checked Crimea was a federal subject of Russia [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea[/url][/QUOTE] Ah, yeah, I forgot that they rushed through the ratification process rather than letting it taking the usual length of time. Aren't landgrabs wonderful.

[QUOTE=Explosions;45832781]I think it would be hilarious if Russia declared war on Canada and Canada alone.[/QUOTE] In people's heart of hearts, Canada has always been part of Russia.

[QUOTE=Explosions;45832781]I think it would be hilarious if Russia declared war on Canada and Canada alone.[/QUOTE] In a shocking twist Canada leaves NATO and the two countries create the Bear Alliance, the flag is a russian brown bear hugging a grizzly.