[Jeff Chandler]

Finland feels strongly enough about the Russian threat that they are allying with our American troops in our defensive military alliance.

They do appear to be spooked. Didn't they once vow never to join NATO?

[ansel12]

Finland and Sweden fearing Russian aggression so much that they are now seeking to join up with NATO for safety and survival says a lot.

This is a huge indicator of the seriousness of the Russian plans and long-term goals.

[marktwain]

Finland has plenty of history of Russian aggression. They remember the winter war of 1939. The Soviet version of Russia took about a fifth of Finnish land, but Finland survived, then thrived, as the Soviets descended into communist he!!.

[ought-six]

“They do appear to be spooked. Didn’t they once vow never to join NATO?”

For 15 years at least Finland has been watching Russia’s aggression against its neighbors. And Finland also knows that Russia is wholly untrustworthy, and has made threats against Finland. Finland knows that neutrality means squat to Russia.
Finland is proceeding accordingly.

[DesertRhino]

It isn’t really that they were spooked. Finland is a trivial nation and is lead by a very young female who is not in a state of maturity. Women that age have a deep need to belong. There was a clique, a club she was not part of and she got an invitation.

Nothing thrills a female that age more than acceptance by a group. Simple as that.