Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer

Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer by jeltz on Monday April 11, 2022 @12:38PM (#30991292)

Sweden was never really been very interested in appeasing Putin. Our opposition to NATO has much more to do with Erdogan plus various US led wars (recently Iraq and Afghanistan but before that a bunch of other wars) than with fear of provoking Russia.

The left wing parties in Sweden do not like the idea of a military alliance with Turkey or the US, but this invasion might make it the least bad option to them.

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Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer by bayesian_horse on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:07AM (#30999177)

Finland has a long history of trying not to anger Russia. Sweden to some degree also.

On the long haul, friends of the US have a much better time than "friends" of Russia, especially those with a border to their "empire".

I don't think a lot of people like being allied to Erdogan. Turkey itself is not so much the problem, it is actually a valuable member due to location and contribution.

As I said, non-membership makes involvement of Finland and Sweden in any future wars between Russia and its neighbors more likely, not less likely.

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