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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 33 points 9 months ago (15 children)

I honestly can't tell if they're being satirical or not...

[–] brodrobe@lemmy.world 69 points 9 months ago (13 children)

It is an actual Russian "divide and conquer" troll. A "warm water port" is exactly how you string that sentence together in Russian. A Texan would first of all call it a harbor (port is the word for it in Russian, so likely a direct translation), secondly wouldn't mention that at all, since an "ice port" isn't even a thing anywhere in the US, except for Alaska, and having an ice free one is nothing to brag about. In Russia it is a big deal and is a matter of national pride, hence the Crimea takeover. It's more than just land to them.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

It is very a arctic way of speaking/writing. "Isfrie havner" (ice free ports) is a norwegian way of saying "warm water port"

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