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Obviously the costs are distributed over multiple years. As far as I know, the deal was 8.something billion €.

>I'm just tired of the USA paying for everything when we don't have the money.

It's not like the rest of the world is forcing USA to spend so much on military. Apparently USA just wants to be military superpower.

>We all know Russia will win.

I don't. There is no military victory in sight for Russia as long as supplies keep flowing to Ukraine. Putin can't back up but someone else can, even if they shared Putin's ideology because they can blame Putin for failure. War ends after Putin is displaced or dies.

>As a Finn (?), what are your feelings with regards to your historical neutrality being broken by joining NATO?

At least for a younger generation, that isn't a big deal at all. Finnish neutrality was realpolitik after WW2 and pretty much everyone understands that Russia/Soviet Union is/was our only realistic enemy in case of war. Neutrality is bigger thing in Sweden as they managed to skip both WWs.

>I noted in my comment that there was actually peace in Eastern Europe before NATO expansion.

Yes, there was a peace and Eastern Europe suffered under Soviet Union. Of course former Soviet satellite states seek military alliance to prevent that from happening ever again. If you are American and nuclear war is all you are afraid of, then it might make some sense to oppose them (or now Finland and Sweden) joining NATO.

If that's the case, why does the border need "expensive patrolling" (which is already done by Finland anyway)?