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To: NKP_Vet

well, I wouldnt trust my life with their “Plan”... after all... they have never been attacked.

And If I was a gambling man, I would bet a sum they’d pull a France...


5 posted on 10/07/2025 3:11:26 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: sit-rep

Errrr.... really?

You might want to look up The Winter War et seq.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Finnish-War


7 posted on 10/07/2025 3:17:03 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: sit-rep

Finland has never been attacked?
Did you really intend to say that?


13 posted on 10/07/2025 4:20:01 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: sit-rep

“well, I wouldnt trust my life with their “Plan”... after all... they have never been attacked.”

Finland has never been attacked?


14 posted on 10/07/2025 4:21:36 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: sit-rep

Looks like others have educated you. I have a friend who was anLt General in the Finnish defense forces till a couple years ago. We have had long conversations about their history and their military organization. The Finns are tough and tenacious! They were under Russia’s thumn until the early 90s. The term Finlandization was coined to describe that particular hell. The President has to really be approved by the Soviets. They were a western country and had to placate the USSR. That changes when the USSR fell. They are one of the best equipped and capable forces in NATO.


25 posted on 10/07/2025 6:04:41 PM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: sit-rep

As others have pointed out to you sit-rep, Finland was indeed attacked.

If you'd like to see a good example of Finnish fighting spirit during that time, read about Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper known as the "White Death" who took out hundreds of Russians over the course of about 100 days.


29 posted on 10/07/2025 7:46:02 PM PDT by chud
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