[Widget Jr]

Looks like Finland has given Putin their answer regarding his threats over their joining NATO.

Enjoy. :)

[Paladin2]

Where’s the cute Finn chicklet?

[Celtic Conservative]

The ghost of Marshal Mannerheim smiles.

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[Dogbert41]

Boris Johnson brings us one step closer to the end of all life on Arrakis.

[lump in the melting pot]

[dfwgator]

Russia - Because 11 Time Zones Just Isn’t Enough

[BillyCuccio]

What exactly would England do lol? Is this a joke ? We need to tell Britain they are on their own. Screw Europe and their wars. We have enough problems here and run away inflation. People really this stupid to worry about Russia and Ukraine when our country is going to shit? 100,000 Americans are killed by Chinese fentanyl that crosses our border..

[Antioch]

The real reason the Baltic Chihuahuas are so shrill in their Russophobia is that they were in fact craven Nazi boot lickers during WW2 even to the point of rounding up jews for deportation. The fact their countries were freed from Nazism by Russia is an enduring humiliation. Hence the projection, the insane cancel culture, the statue toppling and the willingness to go without food or heat to virtue signal.

[Yashcheritsiy]

Would now be a bad time to point out that security pacts with the UK helped lead to the first two world wars?

[cpdiii]

Finland and Sweden are not part of NATO today. In reality they are. All that is left is just the paperwork. If Russia attacked today, they would be part of a common defense.

[Paul R.]

There IS an interesting complication here, as Turkey is quite opposed to Sweden joining NATO, due to Sweden’s support for Kurdish PPK separatists in Turkey. (The USA, while generally supportive of the Kurds, designates the PPK as a terrorist organization.)

[familyop]

There are workarounds for NATO working efficiently with Finland and Sweden in warfare. If the Turks continue to be obstructive, they might find themselves with much less actual physical support if needed.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

What did Russia think would happen?

And is this one of those "Russian collusion" things?

Did Russia invade Ukraine just to force independent countries into NATO?

It sounds far fetched but it is a predictable result.

[joma89]

And here we go again, just like World War I which was mainly caused by a web of security pacts where states agreed to go to war when others went to war. These pacts created a domino effect where all of Europe went to war over a vey local conflict.

[MinorityRepublican]

[McGruff]

A tough guy huh.

[McGruff]

Look, I can do for you what I did for Ukraine.

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

The European Commission is set to offer buyers new guidance on how to pay for gas, satisfying President Vladimir Putin’s demands.