Posted on 06/22/2022 7:41:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Russians have already sent warnings to Finland about joining NATO.
But Finland is not UKRAINE, and is in a much better position militarily..................
What you say is true, but it’s a stretch to be afraid of this. Finland has been independent for more than a century. It was never part of the Soviet Union. It has not been a part of the current Russian state. The Tsar is gone.
A powerful nation can (I suppose) invade wherever they want and if they are strong enough, maybe they can get away with it. But in terms of any sort of “justification” Russia has absolutely no basis for invading Finland.
On the other hand, in the case of Ukraine, while strong arguments can be presented on both sides, it is well understood that in the eyes of Russia, at least, they have a claim to Ukrainian territory.
It’s apples and oranges.
First of of, it’s The Express, an extreme Larp-fest of UK propaganda on par with the Weekly World News. Second, Kaliningrad gets most of its supplies by ship and air. Third, this is just the US and UK, attempting to ruin Finland by opening a second front for Raytheon and General Dynamics, because it knows it’s shortly going to lose the Ukraine gravy train.
Russia doesn’t have a first strike doctrine. Only the US does.
And that, my friend, is the problem.
Finland is coordinating with Lithuania in poking the bear. There’s no idea to stupid, no Russophobia to extreme that the Baltic Chihuahuas don’t immediately jump on.
Globalism. The PMs of both Finland and Sweden and pro WEF with the PM of Finland, Sanna Marin, being a WEF Young Global Leader. The PM of Sweden says she supports a Great Reset.
UN/WHO/NATO/WEF = NWO
The way its going in Ukraine, Russia will be lucky to have much heavy equipment left to fight another war.
Defense contractors......................
Oh great - the cry for WW3 Intnesifies by countries leaders. Idiots!
So who’s on deck after Ukraine, Lithuania or Finland? Poland? They need NATO involvement before Ukraine falls, I’m taking bets on which NATO country will be the one to usher it in. They will keep poking the bear until they get what they want.
They are determined to institute ‘The Great Reset’ one way or another.
Either way, BILLIONS DIE!.................
Like the idiot in the Warner Brother’s cartoon, that kept poking the lion with a stick until he wound up inside the lion..................
They seem pretty confident Putin won’t resort to nukes at some point, not sure I would want to take that bet. Putin knows we are playing for all the marbles this time, and he won’t allow Russia to be taken down without taking NATO countries down with it.
Yes, they would be that stupid.
Russia is doing the poking of NATO.
or Vodka.
you and your Russian pals are the only ones crying for WWIII
nobody else
NATO does nothing but destabilize. The Finns seemed fine with Russia until expansionist NATO started destabilizing in Ukraine. The US has committed to massively subsidize the arming, manning and maintenance of 800 more miles of dead beat “allied” border this summer. A border that was peaceful and comparatively demilitarized until NATO began destabilizing the Baltic.
It wasn’t a problem since the USSR broke up. They were content to let Ukraine be a neutral country they traded with. But they weren’t going to watch it turn into a NATO base. And despite the insanity of NATO they would never allow Sevastopol where they have based their navy since the 1780s to become a US Navy/NATO base.
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