The United States should take great comfort that an organization we spend roughly $36 billion per year on is comparing wars costing billions of dollars and lives to movies.
No wonder President Trump for years has talked about withdrawing from NATO. That $36 billion could be spent on rebuilding our national supply chain and taking care of our citizens.
The official NATO twitter account posted a bizarre message that went viral Wednesday comparing the Ukraine conflict to famous fantasy films such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, Braveheart, and more. NATO claims the words are from a soldier in the Ukrainian army.
The relevant tweet reads: We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos.
🗣️ Ukraine is hosting one of the great epics of this century
❝We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos.❞
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— NATO (@NATO) February 23, 2023
The responses were absolutely brutal and hilarious:
Russia should win for this tweet alone.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 23, 2023
They should keep this rolling… “We are the fat kid in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory trying to shove as many sweets in our mouth as possible. We are the kids in Super Bad trying to buy booze with the McLovin fake id…. “
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) February 23, 2023
This tweet is reason enough to abolish NATO.
— Aaron Schrank (@aaronschrank) February 23, 2023
“We are fighting with the Harkonnens”
Pretty much sums it up perfectly. pic.twitter.com/f50ya8Jx4p
— KB (@BakerKeto) February 23, 2023
— Wyatt Reed (@wyattreed13) February 23, 2023
Jesus christ a real person wrote this. An adult even.
— Key-Bin-It-Real (@CiabanItReal) February 23, 2023
— Coconut Island Ghost (@cocoislandghost) February 23, 2023
We are the Brave Little Toaster.
We are Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers.
We are the M&M spokescandies (but not the red one for obvious reasons)
— Patrick Neve (@catholicpat) February 23, 2023