Russia has invaded Finland multiple times over the last few hundred years. The Finns have never perceived the risk as non-existent, and the invasion of Ukraine (coming on the heels of Georgia) makes them understandably increase their estimate of its likelihood.

The Finnish people seem to disagree with your assessment. This was not a decision made on a whim

Which is irrelevant to what I wrote. And the decision wasn’t made on a whim, it was made because the opportunity had arisen. Popular support was secondary. Not like they held a plebiscite or called an election over the matter.

They're literally (edit: just had their) elections on Sunday. If the polling is wrong and some significant portion of Finns oppose NATO membership, I'm sure they made themselves known.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/1/finland-having-clear...

> A poll by the broadcasting company YLE in May showed that 76 percent of Finns were in favour of joining NATO.

The election was this Sunday. The winning party NCP has been pro NATO for 20+ years, unlike the previously ruling SDP.

Oops, thanks, I missed the date on that piece.

Since you are so concerned about Finnish democracy, this may help: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-09/finnish-s...

> non-existent risk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Additionally:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

Do you really think NATO has attack numerous countries? Or are you lying on purpose?

No NATO country was attacked when they bombed Yugoslavia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia